BMJ: “Depressed pediatric residents made errors in ordering, transcribing, or administering medications 6.2 times more often than those who were not depressed.”
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In my internship Peds rotation, my resident was suffering from severe depression to the point of being non-functional. We were on our own for much of it and we were strugling. People can’t think clearly when even modestly depressed, much less severely so.
Having trained in the “good old days” of 120-140 hour work weeks and seeing what it does to people, I am all for work hour restrictions as second best to training programs recognize that their housestaff are only made of flesh and blood–which many would not do.
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