title: 'Shift work': 24-hour workdays are out as residents, hospitals deal with changes, mixed feelings on restrictions.
abstract: Shorter work hours for first-year residents are causing a big shift as hospitals adapt to the new limits. It has meant a hiring boom for hospitalists and a need to pack more tasks into shorter shifts. And physicians are now finding themselves performing more basic tasks that used to be handled by residents, causing something of a professional identity crisis, says Dr. Bradley Sharpe, of the University of California at San Francisco.
authors.forename: Andis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robeznieks
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance