Comparison of the working memory between emergency medicine residents engaged in a 12-hour duty shift and in a 24-hour duty shift

• Main Authors: Buquid, Michel A., Yusingbo, Iami Rio Patricia A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Subjects: Sleep deprivation; Residents (Medicine) > Health and hygiene; Shift systems > Health aspects; Residents (Medicine)—Ability testing; Biology; Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5572
• Institution: De La Salle University

Sleep deprivation is one of the most common issues arising from the extensive working hours of residency training. A long-lasting work hour with limited sleep is one of the causes for human errors - momentary failure of attention, cognitive and memory problems - to increase, which would then endange...