Background: Over the past few decades, many institutions have elected to implement night float systems in place of traditional call systems for residents. With the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education enacting duty hour restrictions in 2003, these changes toward stricter work hour requirements and institution of night float systems have been found to have [...]

Background: Duty hour restrictions for resident physicians have led to the ubiquity of night float systems. While this change has positively influenced well-being and supervision, limited studies indicate a negative impact of night float rotations on resident education. Nocturnists have been identified as a key resource for improving the educational value of night float rotations, [...]

Background: Although in-person hospitalist presence, increasingly staffed by dedicated nocturnists, has become the norm overnight in the hospital (1-2), the scope of nocturnist practice and the typical workload has not been defined. Methods: In November 2019 a survey was created by a panel of nocturnists made up of members of the SHM Night Medicine Special [...]