Should All Duty Hours Be the Same? Results of a National Survey of Surgical Trainees

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Moalem, Jacob ^a   Salzman, Peter ^a   Ruan, Daniel T ^b   Cherr, Gregory S ^c   Freiburg, Carter B ^d   Farkas, Rachel L ^a   Brewster, Luke ^e   James, Ted A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DUTY HOUR REGULATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORKING TIME;

EID: 67349281680     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.02.053     Document Type: Article

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