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Questionnaire Content—1 Perceptions of Fatigue and Causes of Mistakes
- Fatigue
- "On how many days did you experience significant fatigue while on-duty over the past four weeks?"
- "How often has fatigue had a negative impact on the safety of patients you care for?"
- Causes of Mistakes
- ."..to what extent do the following contribute to mistakes in patient care?"
- residents working too many hours
- poor handoffs by residents
- carrying or admitting too many patients
- inadequate supervision
- cross covering too many patients
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