Use and Underlying Reasons for Duty Hour Flexibility in the Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) Trial

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 118-125

  Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a,b   Quinn, Christopher M ^a   Dahlke, Allison R ^a   Kelz, Rachel R ^c   Shea, Judy A ^c   Rajaram, Ravi ^a   Love, Remi ^a   Kreutzer, Lindsey ^a   Biester, Thomas ^d   Yang, Anthony D ^a   Hoyt, David B ^b   Lewis, Frank R ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGE OF SHIFT REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DUTY HOUR FLEXIBILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SHIFT WORKER; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORK CAPACITY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85010460236     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.10.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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