What Effects Have Resident Work-hour Changes Had on Education, Quality of Life, and Safety? A Systematic Review

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 473, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1600-1608

  Harris, Joshua D ^a   Staheli, Greg ^b   LeClere, Lance ^b   Andersone, Diana ^c   McCormick, Frank ^c  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c HOLY CROSS ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGEON; TIME; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB DESCRIPTION; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGEONS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84939872132     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3968-0     Document Type: Article

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