Impact of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) on the operative experience of surgery residents

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 634-641

  Hopmans, Cornelis J ^a   Den Hoed, Pieter T ^b   Van Der Laan, Lijckle ^c   Van Der Harst, Erwin ^d   Van Der Elst, Maarten ^e   Mannaerts, Guido H H ^f   Dawson, Imro ^g   Timman, Reinier ^a   Wijnhoven, Bas P L ^a   Ijzermans, Jan N M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^e Interuniversity Reactor Institute Delft   (Netherlands)

^f SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^g IJSSELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; EUROPEAN WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORAX SURGERY; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKING TIME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84925367976     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.09.025     Document Type: Article

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