One-third of junior doctors say fatigue led to an error mid-pandemic
The AMA (NSW) survey of almost 2000 doctors-in-training shows workplace bullying also increased this year compared to last year
More than one in three junior doctors in NSW hospitals say they made a clinical error due to tiredness from long hours during the height of this year’s pandemic, while half report being bullied or harassed at work.
The findings come from an AMA (NSW) survey of 1747 doctors-in-training between July and early September when COVID-19 cases were piling pressure on the state’s already stretched healthcare system.
