The accreditation council for graduate medical education's limits on residents' work hours and patient safety: A study of resident experiences and perceptions before and after hours reductions

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 493-500

  Jagsi, Reshma ^a,e   Weinstein, Debra F ^b,c   Shapiro, Jo ^b   Kitch, Barrett T ^c   Dorer, David ^c   Weissman, Joel S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Partners Health Care System   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; ADULT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 41949088074     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.129     Document Type: Article

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