Development of the flexibility in duty hour requirements for surgical trainees (FIRST) trial protocol a national cluster-randomized trial of resident duty hour policies

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 273-281

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

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g American Board of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTY HOUR POLICY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIANS; POLICY MAKING; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84961828423     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.4990     Document Type: Article

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