Are resident work-hour limitations beneficial to the trauma profession?

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-41

  Abraham, Tara ^a   Freitas, Marilee ^a   Frangos, Spiros ^b   Frankel, Heidi L ^a,c   Rabinovici, Reuven ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New York School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAUMATOLOGY; WORK SCHEDULE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; WORKLOAD;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMATOLOGY; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33644862988     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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