National cluster-randomized trial of duty-hour flexibility in surgical training

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 713-727

  Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a,b   Chung, Jeanette W ^a   Hedges, Larry V ^c   Dahlke, Allison R ^a   Love, Remi ^a   Cohen, Mark E ^b   Hoyt, David B ^b   Yang, Anthony D ^a   Tarpley, John L ^e   Mellinger, John D ^d   Mahvi, David M ^a   Kelz, Rachel R ^f   Ko, Clifford Y ^b,h   Odell, David D ^a   Stulberg, Jonah J ^a   Lewis, Frank R ^g  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g American Board of Surgery   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FATIGUE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STANDARDS; SURGERY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ACCREDITATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FATIGUE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84959378432     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1515724     Document Type: Article

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