Table 3 Instruments/measures most commonly used in the assessment of a new duty hour system
From: Scheduling in the context of resident duty hour reform
• Surveys of stakeholders (e.g., residents, faculty, medical students, other health care professionals) [12, 42–48] • Epworth Sleepiness Scale [49] • Procedure/operative logbook [50] • Admission/clinical case/operative case counts [51] • Rotation evaluations [50] • Attendance at teaching activities (including conferences) [52] • Standardized in-training tests [17, 50] • Certification/qualifying/licensing exams [53] • Patient satisfaction surveys [12] • Patient morbidity and mortality outcomes [17, 49, 50] • Other patient care measures (e.g., readmission rate, length of stay, adherence to guidelines) [17, 49, 54] |