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Re:First-year doctors will be allowed to work 24-hour shifts... by droopyEyelids on Friday March 10, 2017 @01:47PM (#13840949)
Did they study the effect of sleep deprivation on the quality of handoffs?
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Re:First-year doctors will be allowed to work 24-hour shifts... by JshWright on Friday March 10, 2017 @02:00PM (#13841059)
The FIRST study found that increased scheduling flexibility (including allowing longer shifts) was not worse than forcing shorter shifts (in terms of patient outcomes).

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1515724

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