Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind: At-Home Call for Residents and Fellows

A prospective observational study of sleep patterns and work-related communications during home call for a pediatric surgery fellow

“…Previous studies have shed light on communication challenges faced by trainees during in-house call, with reports of trainees receiving 13–55 pages per night [ [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] ]. Despite a tenfold rise in home call usage from 1998 to 2009 [ 9 ], there is a paucity of literature on the volume of overnight communications received by residents and fellows on home call.…”