A Reduced Duty Hours Model for Senior Internal Medicine Residents

PURPOSE: To assess senior internal medicine residents' experience of the implementation of a reduced duty hours model with night float, the transition from the prior 26-hour call system, and the new model's effects on resident quality of life and perceived patient safety in the emergency department and clinical teaching unit at McMaster University. METHOD: Qualitative data were collected during May 2013-July 2014, through resident focus groups …