Comments on: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/regulation-of-residents-hours-makes.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: gasmanhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/regulation-of-residents-hours-makes.html#comment-60297 gasman Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/03/20183.html#comment-60297 Here is a phrase I want to banish. <br/>"I'm just cross covering for this patient"<br/><br/>If uttered, the speaker should be put in stocks in front of the hospital.<br/><br/>We've provided residents with shortened workweeks, limited the length of individual shifts, and protected them from work demands in other ways, and they have the audacity to not transition the care of their patients satisfactorily before leaving. <br/><br/>The idea that one is cross-covering for a patient can no longer exist. Care must be a team approach and every individual on that team must be capable of assuming full responsibility at any moment. Residents must recognize this and residency programs must drive it home. Here is a phrase I want to banish.
“I’m just cross covering for this patient”

If uttered, the speaker should be put in stocks in front of the hospital.

We’ve provided residents with shortened workweeks, limited the length of individual shifts, and protected them from work demands in other ways, and they have the audacity to not transition the care of their patients satisfactorily before leaving.

The idea that one is cross-covering for a patient can no longer exist. Care must be a team approach and every individual on that team must be capable of assuming full responsibility at any moment. Residents must recognize this and residency programs must drive it home.

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