Trainee Focus
Making the night shift the right shift
Joanne Cobbett,
Lisa Brichko,
Kimberly Humphrey,
Viet Tran,
Corresponding Author
Joanne Cobbett
Emergency Department, Southern District Health Board, Dunedin, New Zealand
Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Correspondence: Dr Joanne Cobbett, Emergency Department, Southern District Health Board, Private Bag 1921, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorLisa Brichko
Emergency and Trauma Centre, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorKimberly Humphrey
Emergency Department, Modbury Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorViet Tran
Emergency Department, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJoanne Cobbett,
Lisa Brichko,
Kimberly Humphrey,
Viet Tran,
Corresponding Author
Joanne Cobbett
Emergency Department, Southern District Health Board, Dunedin, New Zealand
Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Correspondence: Dr Joanne Cobbett, Emergency Department, Southern District Health Board, Private Bag 1921, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorLisa Brichko
Emergency and Trauma Centre, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorKimberly Humphrey
Emergency Department, Modbury Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorViet Tran
Emergency Department, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJoanne Cobbett, MBChB, BMedSci (Hons), PGCertAeroRT, Emergency Registrar, Clinical Lecturer; Lisa Brichko, MBBS (Hons), DCH, MHM, AFRACMA, ACEM Advanced Trainee; Kimberly Humphrey, MBBS, FACEM, Specialist Emergency Physician; Viet Tran, BMedSci, MBBS, FACEM, Emergency Registrar, Senior Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Clinical Lead.
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