Measuring the attitudes and impact of the eighty-hour workweek rules on orthopaedic surgery residents

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 679-685

  Kusuma, Sharat K ^a   Mehta, Samir ^b   Sirkin, Michael ^c   Yates, Adolph J ^d   Miclau, Theodore ^e   Templeton, Kimberly J ^f   Friedlaender, Gary E ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; STANDARD; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORKING TIME;

EID: 33847631367     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00526     Document Type: Article

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