Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
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Multicenter Study
The effects of sleep loss and fatigue on resident-physicians: a multi-institutional, mixed-method study.
To identify and model the effects of sleep loss and fatigue on resident-physicians' professional lives and personal well-being. ⋯ More residents perceived that sleep loss and fatigue had major impact on their personal lives during residency, leaving many personal and social activities and meaningful personal pleasures deferred or postponed. Sleep loss and fatigue also had major impact on residents' abilities to perform their work. This finding further substantiates the growing concern about the potential impact on professional development. These observations should be taken into account in developing new training guidelines and educational interventions for housestaff.