Abstract
Fatigue in radiologists may be responsible for a large number of medical errors. This review describes the latest research on fatigue in radiology. This includes measurement methods, and recent evidence on how fatigue affects accuracy in laboratory test conditions and in clinical practice. The extensive opportunities for future research in the area are explored, including testing interventions to reduce fatigue-related error, and further understanding of which fatigue measures correlate with errors. Finally we explore the possibility of answering these questions using large population-based observational studies and pragmatic integrated randomised controlled trials.
Highlights
Fatigue in medical professionals is detrimental to wellbeing and morale, and may result in medical errors
We focus on the effect of fatigue on medical errors by radiologists
We do know that more radiological errors occur towards the end of a shift at the beginning, and that longer shifts in medicine are associated with higher rates of medical errors, and personal injury.[3,4,5]
Summary
Fatigue in medical professionals is detrimental to wellbeing and morale, and may result in medical errors. In this review we examine the different types and classifications of fatigue, the current evidence base using laboratory test sets and in real world observational studies and trials, and discuss future research directions.
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