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Area of Science:

  • Radiology
  • Medical Education
  • Workforce Studies

Background:

  • Overnight radiology resident shifts are common, but factors influencing interpretive accuracy require further investigation.
  • Understanding these factors is crucial for optimizing patient safety and resident training, especially with increasing use of night shift schedules for both residents and attending physicians.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify factors associated with preliminary interpretive discrepancies during overnight radiology resident shifts.
  • To compare these findings with existing literature on attending overnight shift work.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of 18,488 overnight radiology interpretations from a level 1 trauma center.
  • Data included trainee level, consecutive nights on night float, hour, modality, and relative value units (RVUs) as a workload indicator.
  • Statistical analysis using proportional logistic regression and Fisher's exact test.

Main Results:

  • A total of 233 major discrepancies (1.26%) were identified.
  • Trainee level and modality significantly impacted performance; junior residents (R3) performed worse on high-workload nights.
  • Performance improved after six night float shifts, and accuracy peaked around 2 am.

Conclusions:

  • Trainee experience and workload are key factors influencing overnight radiology interpretation accuracy.
  • Resident performance on overnight shifts can improve with acclimatization and may be influenced by shift timing and workload.
  • Further attention to factors affecting interpretative accuracy is warranted for both resident and attending overnight schedules.