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The “killing season”: does inexperience cost lives?

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 374; Issue: 9698 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0140-6736(09)61805-5

1474-547X

Robert Nash,

Disaster Response and Management

In several health systems around the world, newly qualified doctors are let loose to work in hospitals on a single day. From the outset, some will be on-call; some will be providing emergency resuscitation. All will feel the intoxicating fear that comes from stepping into the unknown and taking on the mantle of responsibility. This period is sometimes called the “killing season” in the UK, 1 Aylin P Majeed FA The killing season—fact or fiction?. BMJ. 1994; 309: 1690 Crossref PubMed Scopus (30) Google Scholar and it starts on the first Wednesday of August; in the USA, there is the “July phenomenon”. 2 Shulkin DJ The July phenomenon revisited: are hospital complications associated with new house staff?. Am J Med Qual. 1995; 10: 14-17 Crossref PubMed Scopus (48) Google Scholar , 3 Barry WA Rosenthal GE The “July phenomenon” and the care of the severely injured patient: fact or fiction?. Surgery. 2001; 130: 346-353 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (75) Google Scholar