Narrative review of mathematical and psychological studies of staff scheduling for holidays as applicable to anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists
Study context
- Population
- Anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists scheduling statutory holidays for operating room and non-operating room anesthesia
- Outcome
- Holiday staff scheduling
Methodological detailssearch protocols included, annotated supplementary comments
- Search protocols included
- Annotated supplementary comments
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Holiday staff scheduling is emotional; working holidays often more stressful and undesirable than comparable workdays
- Intrinsic motivation may be greater by preferentially scheduling practitioners who choose to work holidays, for compensation, before mandating those preferring to be off
- Random priority (lottery) scheduling is inefficient, fewer preferences satisfied, especially in small departments or divisions; no reviewed article implemented it
- Taking turns choosing holidays perceived as less fair than collecting each participant's preferences
- Scheduling holidays separately from regular workdays and weekends will not increase efficiency or fairness; holidays can be scheduled simultaneously with non-holidays
- Models can include fairness as an objective (e.g., difference between max and min holidays per practitioner in a division), with greater weights for holidays and personalized preference weights
Original publication
Narrative review of mathematical and psychological studies of staff scheduling for holidays as applicable to anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists. J Clin Anesth. Published 6 May 2023. doi:10.
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