Effects of the accreditation council for graduate medical education duty hour limits on sleep, work Hours, and safety

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 250-258

  Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,b,e   Fahrenkopf, Amy M ^b   Lewin, Daniel ^c   Sharek, Paul J ^d   Barger, Laura K ^a   Eisner, Melanie ^c   Edwards, Sarah ^a,b   Chiang, Vincent W ^b   Wiedermann, Bernhard L ^c   Sectish, Theodore C ^b,d  

^a Division of Sleep Medicine   (Canada)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation council for graduate medical education; Medical errors; Motor vehicle crashes; Patient safet; Sleep deprivation; Work hours

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP TIME; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKING TIME; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; SAFETY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 49849089010     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2306     Document Type: Article

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