Effect of 16-hour duty periods on patient care and resident education

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-196

  Mccoy, Christopher P ^a   Halvorsen, Andrew J ^a   Loftus, Conor G ^a   Mcdonald, Furman S ^a   Oxentenko, Amy S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; WELLBEING; WORKING TIME;

EID: 79952380629     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0745     Document Type: Article

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