The effects of work-hour limitations on resident well-being, patient care, and education in an internal medicine residency program

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2601-2606

  Goitein, Lara ^a,f   Shanafelt, Tait D ^e   Wipf, Joyce E ^b,c   Slatore, Christopher G ^b   Back, Anthony L ^b,d  

^a Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CAREER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; EXHAUSTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WASHINGTON; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 28944444166     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.22.2601     Document Type: Article

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