The effect of call on neurosurgery residents' skills: implications for policy regarding resident call periods.

Abstract

Postcall fatigue is associated with a marginal decrease in proficiency during simulated surgery in neurosurgery residents.

In a similar study, general surgery residents showed a statistically significant decrement of 27.3% in the postcall condition.

The impact of fatigue on different specialties should be further investigated prior to implementation of a national physician work-hour policy.

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Subjects

• Accreditation
• Adult
• Cognition
• Fatigue
• Humans
• Internship and Residency
• Neurosurgery
• Professional Competence
• Workload

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Authors

• Aruna Ganju
• Kanav Kahol
• Peter Lee
• Narina Simonian
• Steven J Quinn
• John J Ferrara
• H Hunt Batjer

Publication date

2012-03-02

Journal

Journal topics

• Neurosurgery

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. aganju [at] nmff.org

Release reference

J Neurosurg. 2012 Mar;116(3):478-82

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