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The investigators are conducting a cluster randomized trial in a sample of 63 internal medicine (IM) training programs that are randomly assigned to either the current duty hour standards or less restricted flexible duty hour standards.

The trial includes a main protocol in which all randomized IM programs participate and two substudies. "Time and Motion" and "Sleep and Alertness", each conducted at a subset of IM programs and focusing on more detailed data collection at the intern level.

The main protocol will examine patient safety and costs as well as quality of education. The "Time and Motion" substudy examines additional educational outcomes. The "Sleep and Alertness" substudy examines intern sleep time and alertness.


Clinical Trial Description

Title: Sleep duration (hours of sleep) as measured with an actigraph Time frame: Measured daily for 14 days

Title: Behavioral alertness as measured with Psychomotor vigilance test Time frame: Measured daily for 14 days

Title: Self perceived sleepiness as measured by the Karolinska Sleepiness Score Time frame: Measured daily for 14 days

Title: Time (hours per day) spent in direct patient care Description: Time spent in direct patient care over 2-4 wks as measured by a trained observer shadowing the intern Time frame: measured daily over 2-4 wks

Title: Trainee satisfaction with education Description: Self-reported satisfaction with education as assessed thru survey questions Time frame: measured at baseline and at end of intervention year

Title: Program director satisfaction with trainee education Description: Self-reported satisfaction with trainee education as assessed thru survey questions Time frame: measured at baseline and end of intervention year

Patient safety and costs:

Title: Total costs of patient care as measured by total Medicare payments Time frame: Measured over year of trial ;


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NCT number NCT02274818
Study type Interventional
Source University of Pennsylvania
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date July 2015
Completion date June 30, 2020

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