The educational impact of ACGME limits on resident and fellow duty hours: A pre-post survey study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1059-1068

  Jagsi, Reshma ^a,b   Shapiro, Jo ^b,c   Weissman, Joel S ^b   Dorer, David J ^d   Weinstein, Debra F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FATIGUE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SATISFACTION; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 33751434643     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000246685.96372.5e     Document Type: Article

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