Evaluation of Radiology Resident Anxiety When Beginning Emergency Room (ER) Call

University of Michigan

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Anxiety; Stress

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00859066

HUM00026874

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to quantify levels of resident anxiety under the current system (take call alone) and compare results to a modified system.

Full description

The study purpose is to quantify resident perceptions and feelings under the current 1700 call system (take call alone) and compare those with resident perceptions and feelings under a modified system where two partial shifts are taken with an experienced resident ("buddy call") prior to taking call alone.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• first year radiology residents

Trial design

19 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

Description:

First year University of Michigan Radiology residents will take call as scheduled without a "buddy call" experience. (Enrollment completed for the control group)

Experimental Group

Description:

2009 class of first year Radiology residents who will be assigned two 5 hour shifts working side by side with a more senior resident (who has experience taking call).