Erschienen in:
01.03.2012 | Healing Arts: Materia Medica
A Eulogy to Traditional Overnight Call
verfasst von:
Christopher Moriates, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 3/2012
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Excerpt
On July 1, 2011 we lost one of the last great giants in medicine: in-hospital, overnight resident call, which for generations has constituted a fundamental element of physicianship. Until this year, call has been akin to DNA for physicians—a universal signpost linking us to the history, purpose, and rigorous training that have defined medical practice across generations, regardless of specialty and changing residency phenotypes. The lore of overnight call abounds, receiving far greater reference and reverence than even the greatest physician legends of the last 100 years, including Sir William Osler and Michael DeBakey. Alas, the ACGME rules, which mandate that continuous hours worked by PGY1 residents not exceed 16 hours, have rendered traditional overnight call obsolete. A death of such magnitude deserves a reflective pause by all of us. …
