Open AccessResident duty hours: Families’ knowledge and perceptions in the paediatric intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Ram N. Gupta,
Kaylee Eady,
Katherine Moreau,
Jason Frank,
Hilary Writer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/pxz092
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , medicine , duty , harm , family medicine , intensive care unit , descriptive statistics , nursing , pediatrics , medical emergency , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , paleontology , philosophy , statistics , theology , mathematics , biology
Resident duty hours remain a controversial topic in the literature. Competing interests include patient safety, resident education, and resident well-being. No studies, however, have sought family members' perspectives on duty hours in the paediatric context. This study aimed to explore family members' knowledge of trainee duty hours, and their perspectives on the balance between shift duration and hand-off frequency.