Saurabh Rohatgi1, Tarek N Hanna1, Clint W Sliker2, Robert M Abbott3, Refky Nicola4. 1. 1 Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Division of Emergency Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, 550 Peachtree St, Atlanta GA 30308. 2. 2 Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Trauma and Emergency Radiology Section, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 3. 3 Advanced Radiology, Baltimore, MD, and Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. 4. 4 Department of Imaging Sciences, Division of Emergency Imaging, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Because of the increase in the use of 24-hour-a-day 7-day-a-week real-time radiologic interpretation, radiologists more frequently perform after-hours work. The purpose of this article was to examine the challenges arising from after-hours work and describe evidence-based strategies meant to limit the adverse physical and psychologic stresses of after-hours work. CONCLUSION: Working nontraditional hours affects a radiologist's health, social life, professional productivity, and possibly interpretive accuracy. Appropriate attention to these factors and targeted countermeasures can optimize the professional development and personal well-being of radiologists working after hours.
OBJECTIVE: Because of the increase in the use of 24-hour-a-day 7-day-a-week real-time radiologic interpretation, radiologists more frequently perform after-hours work. The purpose of this article was to examine the challenges arising from after-hours work and describe evidence-based strategies meant to limit the adverse physical and psychologic stresses of after-hours work. CONCLUSION: Working nontraditional hours affects a radiologist's health, social life, professional productivity, and possibly interpretive accuracy. Appropriate attention to these factors and targeted countermeasures can optimize the professional development and personal well-being of radiologists working after hours.
Keywords:
after hours; health; overnight; radiology; shift work; sleep
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