Four years of Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education duty hour regulations: Have they made a difference?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 635-639

  Shonka, David C ^a   Ghanem, Tamer A ^b   Hubbard, Matthew A ^a   Barker, Daniel A ^a   Kesser, Bradley W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education; Duty hour regulations; Otolaryngology; Otolaryngology Training Examination; Residency; Training

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKING TIME; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

ACCREDITATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT READMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRGINIA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 65249157911     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20144     Document Type: Article

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