Physicians Performance After Night Shifts

Launched by UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, TOULOUSE · Feb 16, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying how night shifts affect the performance of emergency doctors when they handle critical situations. The researchers want to find out if the non-technical skills—like communication and decision-making—of these doctors change 24 hours after they’ve worked a night shift. They will compare their performance in challenging simulations after a night shift and after a regular work schedule without night shifts.

To participate in this study, you need to be a full-time emergency doctor at the Toulouse University Hospital who is on call in one of their emergency services. If you choose to take part, you will engage in simulations designed to test your skills, and you’ll be helping to understand how night shifts might impact patient care. This study is important because it addresses concerns about the well-being of doctors and the safety of patients in emergency situations.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • be an emergency doctor with an emergency medicine capacity,
• • work full time in the emergency medicine center of the Toulouse University Hospital
• • on call in at least one of the emergency reception services of the Toulouse University Hospital
• • to have given his non-opposition to participate and his authorization of right to his image and his voice within the framework of the research
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • non-emergency doctor
• • emergency doctor not on call in at least one of the emergency services of the Toulouse University Hospital
• • professional with a declared personal or professional conflict with one of the members of the group