For many years, a basic assumption has been that very long shifts for emergency room doctors (sometimes as long as 24 hours) result in lowered
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It may be common sense to think that life events do affect how people perform their job. In most of our professions, distractions come with
Many of you have been unlucky to find yourselves in the local Emergency Room for some sort of condition or injury. You probably remember spending
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