Clinical and education implications of shift work.
Yorkshire teaching hospital staffs' perceptions before and after implementing a junior doctor shift system are reported. The study is placed in context by discussing the European Working Time Directive and the New Deal for Doctors. Five education and clinical issues are examined using data from activity diaries and attitude questionnaires. Interesting findings emerge that sometimes contradict the literature. Important recommendations are made to ease the NHS's inevitable move towards shift work.
Rawnsley
Anne
A
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Hurst
Keith
K
Robinson
Mike
M
D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010820:Physicians; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance