Limiting hospital intern shifts may not cut errors, studies find
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
Shortening shifts for first-year interns often doesn't cut workloads and can cause more problematic patient 'handoffs,' researchers say.It's been 15 years now, but Dr. Sanjay Desai remembers the brutal hours he worked as a young medical intern and how he struggled with fatigue while treating patients.