A systematic review of the effects of resident duty hour restrictions in surgery: Impact on resident wellness, training, and patient outcomes

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1041-1053

  Ahmed, Najma ^a   Devitt, Katharine S ^a   Keshet, Itay ^b   Spicer, Jonathan ^c   Imrie, Kevin ^d   Feldman, Liane ^c   Cools Lartigue, Jonathan ^c   Kayssi, Ahmed ^a   Lipsman, Nir ^a   Elmi, Maryam ^a   Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Parshuram, Chris ^d   Mainprize, Todd ^a   Warren, Richard J ^e   Fata, Paola ^c   Gorman, M Sean ^f   Feinberg, Stan ^a   Rutka, James ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f ROYAL INLAND HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Patient outcomes; Patient safety; Postgraduate surgical training; Resident duty hours; Resident wellness; Residents; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESIDENT; RESIDENT DUTY HOUR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING; WORKING TIME;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATIENT SAFETY; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84900865529     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000595     Document Type: Article

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