Connecting resident physician work hours and sleep deprivation to adverse outcomes has been difficult. Our study explores clinical reasoning rather than outcomes. Diagnostic errors are a leading cause of medical error and may result from deficits in clinical reasoning. We used simulated cases to explore relationships between sleep duration and diagnostic reasoning.
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