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Tuesday, February 08, 2005
The Night Shift
Some resources on night shift working this week.
The RCP has a very useful audit of the "week of nights" approach. Working the night shift: An audit of the experiences and views of specialist registrars working a 13-hour night shift over 7 consecutive nights
And it's finally here = BMJ Careers Focus's Tips on surviving night shifts
BMJCF also has an article on the importance of sleep medicine.
Resource of the week: The British Sleep Society (www.sleeping.org.uk). The BSS are holding a free conference on Fatigue, Sleep and Biological Clocks - more details on the forum noticeboard.
In other news:
Selecting and supporting contented doctors (BMJ) - Medical students must receive regular, structured, and constructive appraisal, says this editorial.
AMedNews has received a response to its previous article on junior doctors' hours. "No single hours guideline fits all resident training situations", argues Dr Rahul Gupta, arguing that efficiency and effectiveness are both important - particularly in a litigious society. "Can we truly be held to the highest ethical standards by our patients when we did not train at the most intense level?"
And argument is still raging over the consolidation of services in Lothian, due in part to working time restrictions on junior doctors. (Sunday Herald)
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The RCP has a very useful audit of the "week of nights" approach. Working the night shift: An audit of the experiences and views of specialist registrars working a 13-hour night shift over 7 consecutive nights
And it's finally here = BMJ Careers Focus's Tips on surviving night shifts
BMJCF also has an article on the importance of sleep medicine.
Resource of the week: The British Sleep Society (www.sleeping.org.uk). The BSS are holding a free conference on Fatigue, Sleep and Biological Clocks - more details on the forum noticeboard.
In other news:
Selecting and supporting contented doctors (BMJ) - Medical students must receive regular, structured, and constructive appraisal, says this editorial.
AMedNews has received a response to its previous article on junior doctors' hours. "No single hours guideline fits all resident training situations", argues Dr Rahul Gupta, arguing that efficiency and effectiveness are both important - particularly in a litigious society. "Can we truly be held to the highest ethical standards by our patients when we did not train at the most intense level?"
And argument is still raging over the consolidation of services in Lothian, due in part to working time restrictions on junior doctors. (Sunday Herald)
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