Effects of the reduction of surgical residents' work hours and implications for surgical residency programs: A narrative review

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jamal, Mohammad H ^a,b   Wong, Stephanie ^a   Whalen, Thomas V ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; COMPLICATION; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; GENERAL SURGERY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84924104719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-S1-S14     Document Type: Review

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