Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, cilt.19, sa.4, ss.203-209, 2020 (ESCI)
Aim: To determine the working order of the emergency medicine (EM) residents, their individual preferences, and the effects of their workingorder on their practice and social lives.Materials and Methods: A total of 182 EM residents were included in this study. A two-stage questionnaire study was designed, including aquestionnaire on demographics and on the residents’ thoughts regarding their practice and social lives. This study included EM residents whowere actively on duty with shifts and volunteered to participate. All data were analyzed using SPSS software.Results: The most common shift type practiced among the residents was the 8/16 duty system. Most of the residents were working on 24-hourshifts (42.1%). Of the residents, 54.9% stated that their concentration levels were negatively affected after 8-10 hours of duty. Although 102(56.1%) of the physicians were glad to be EM residents and 19 (10.4%) believed that they had enough time for themselves, 22 (12.1%) statedthat they were only able to sufficiently study when they were off duty. Sleeping issues were statistically lower in EM residents working on 24-hour shifts. A higher percentage of residents on duty in a periodical order stated that they could get sufficient rest. Meanwhile, an unstablerelationship with patients and negative views on medical practice were observed more frequently among residents who were on duty withirregular shifts.Conclusion: Shift systems and the regularity of shifts affect not only the residents’ social lives but also their approach to patients.