Effects of the 2011 duty hour reforms on interns and their patients: A prospective longitudinal cohort study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 657-662

  Sen, Srijan ^a   Kranzler, Henry R ^c   Didwania, Aashish K ^d   Schwartz, Ann C ^e   Amarnath, Sudha ^f   Kolars, Joseph C ^b   Dalack, Gregory W ^a   Nichols, Breck ^g,h   Guille, Constance ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SLEEP TIME; WELLBEING; WORKING TIME;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84876787445     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.351     Document Type: Article

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