tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post8584788159303451048..comments2023-09-21T04:02:29.457-04:00Comments on Skeptical Scalpel: Resident fatigue & medical errorsSkeptical Scalpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-6002229264804227082012-06-08T14:58:04.674-04:002012-06-08T14:58:04.674-04:00Very well said. Thanks.Very well said. Thanks.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-70098673908705390832012-06-08T14:55:40.762-04:002012-06-08T14:55:40.762-04:00I am not a surgeon, but I would much rather have a...I am not a surgeon, but I would much rather have a tired surgeon with good hands who was passionate about excellence. A hack who is well-rested is still just a hack, and IMHO making surgical training 9-5 day camp is going to turn out more hacks. Research that focuses on fatigue only without looking broadly at reasons for outcome differences is not good science. The recent obsession with sleep and rest has, again, IMHO gone overboard and (in internal medicine anyway) is creating an army of well-rested passionless drones with a very high tolerance for mediocrity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865029781086655735noreply@blogger.com