Observational analysis highlights fatigue's impact on physicians' health, suggesting a 5S model for improvement.
physician’s life. For the physician, fatigue is a multifactorialand multifaceted syndrome. This affects their own health,and that of their patients. Decisions taken during a state offatigue may be suboptimal, and may lead to undesirableoutcomes. We classify fatigue as the 4 Cs – corporeal(bodily), cognitive, communication (vocal) and compassionfatigue. We suggest a simple 5S model to prevent andmanage fatigue – Self-awareness, Strengthening oneself,Strengthening the health care system/team, as well asimproving Scheduling/Staggering one’s workload, whilemodifying the Style and strategy of working.
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