An exploration of after‐hours workloads of trainee medical officers in a South Australian tertiary hospital
This study shows that TMOs are mostly spending their time on night shifts in three task areas - time on indirect care, direct care and professional communication. During night shifts, TMOs spent limited supervision/education and social activity tasks, were less interrupted and undertook less multitasking than TMOs undertaking day shifts. This study can inform decisions about workloads to ensure the safety of patients and TMOs and improve health service delivery.
Authors
- Anna Chur‐Hansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2935-2689)
- Samuel Gluck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7883-517X)
- Josephine Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8124-5920)
- Caroline Laurence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8506-5238)
- Lareesa Marie Ryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9493-9454)
- John Maddison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9675-8681)
- Miriam R. Cohen
- Kate Wislang
Institutions
- Women's and Children's Health Network (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Internal Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.70259
- Primary Topic
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00