ACGME Duty-Hour Restrictions Decrease Resident Operative Volume: A 5-Year Comparison at an ACGME-Accredited University General Surgery Residency

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 256-259

  Damadi, Amir ^a   Davis, Alan T ^a   Saxe, Andrew ^a   Apelgren, Keith ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical Knowledge; Patient Care; Practice Based Learning and Improvement; Residency Review Committee for Surgery; resident duty hours; resident operative experience

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORKING TIME;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MICHIGAN; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SURGERY; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35548978420     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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