TY - JOUR AU - Martinez, Lisa AB - JGIM CAPSULE COMMENTARIES Capsule Commentary on Zebrowski et al., So Tired: Predictive Utility of Baseline Sleep Screening in a Longitudinal Observational Survey Cohort of First-Year Residents Lisa C. Martinez, MD FACP Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA. J Gen Intern Med 33(6):942 serious medical error. In another study, the ESS did not show DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4369-y any statistically significant effect on patient outcomes. As we © Society of General Internal Medicine 2018 focus on ways to assess contributors to intern and resident performance, it is important to assess whether these markers have real and measurable effects on either patient or resident outcomes. For educators, this study promotes consideration of sleep his study exploring incoming interns’ sleep dysfunction dysfunction in interns as they progress through their first year; and how it is impacted by intern year comes at a time however, it does not address the real world implications of this when there is considerable focus on outcomes in residency dysfunction. Continued research into the specific markers that education, specifically, resident wellness and patient safety. play a role in resident performance and outcomes needs to be The investigators had previously reported sleep dysfunction in continued. incoming TI - Capsule Commentary on Zebrowski et al., So Tired: Predictive Utility of Baseline Sleep Screening in a Longitudinal Observational Survey Cohort of First-Year Residents JF - Journal of General Internal Medicine DO - 10.1007/s11606-018-4369-y DA - 2018-02-27 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/capsule-commentary-on-zebrowski-et-al-so-tired-predictive-utility-of-5Y22VMCYXf SP - 942 EP - 942 VL - 33 IS - 6 DP - DeepDyve ER -