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STUDY

The effects of work-hour limitations on resident well-being, patient care, and education in an internal medicine residency program.

Goitein L, Shanafelt TD, Wipf JE, Slatore CG, Back AL. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165:2601-2606.

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Complying with ACGME resident duty hours restrictions: restructuring the 80-hour workweek to enhance education and patient safety at Texas A&M/Scott & White Memorial Hospital.

Ogden PE, Sibbitt S, Howell M, et al. Acad Med. 2006;81:1026-1031.

STUDY

The 80-hour work guidelines and resident survey perceptions of quality.

Biller CK, Antonacci AC, Pelletier S, et al. J Surg Res. 2006;135:275-281.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A case that shook medicine.

Lerner BH. The Washington Post. November 28, 2006:HE01.

COMMENTARY

The 80-hour work week: why safer patient care will mean more health care is provided by physician extenders.

McLean TR. J Leg Med. 2005;26:339-384.

STUDY

Perceived impact of duty hours limits on the fragmentation of patient care: results from an academic health center.

Keating RJ, LaRusso NF, Kolars JC. Am J Med. 2005;118:788-793.

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Resident attitudes regarding the impact of the 80–duty-hours work standards.

Zonia SC, LaBaere RJ, Stommel M, Tomaszewski DD. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2005;105:307-313.

STUDY

Resident work hour limits and patient safety.

Poulose BK, Ray WA, Arbogast PG, et al. Ann Surg. 2005;241:847-860.

STUDY

The effects of on-duty napping on intern sleep time and fatigue.

Arora V, Dunphy C, Chang VY, Ahmad F, Humphrey HJ, Meltzer D. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:792-798.

COMMENTARY

Duty hours in emergency medicine: balancing patient safety, resident wellness, and the resident training experience: a consensus response to the 2008 Institute of Medicine resident duty hours recommendations.

Wagner MJ, Wolf S, Promes S, et al. J Emerg Med. 2010;39:348-355.

STUDY

Persistent noncompliance with the work-hour regulation.

Tabrizian P, Rajhbeharrysingh U, Khaitov S, Divino CM. Arch Surg. 2011;146:175-178.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

COMMENTARY

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education resident duty hour new standards: history, changes, and impact on staffing of intensive care units.

Pastores SM, O’Connor MF, Kleinpell RM, et al. Crit Care Med. 2011;39:2540-2549.

COMMENTARY

The 80-hour duty week: rationale, early attitudes, and future questions.

Friedlaender GE. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006;449:138-142.

STUDY

Work-hour restrictions as an ethical dilemma for residents.

Carpenter RO, Austin MT, Tarpley JL, Griffin MR, Lomis KD. Amer J Surg. 2006;191:527-532.

COMMENTARY

An elusive balance — residents' work hours and the continuity of care.

Okie S. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:2665-2667.

REVIEW

Systematic review: effects of resident work hours on patient safety.

Fletcher KE, Davis SQ, Underwood W, Mangrulkar RS, McMahon LF Jr, Saint S. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:851-857.

REVIEW

Sleep loss and performance in residents and nonphysicians: a meta-analytic examination.

Philibert I. Sleep. 2005;28:1392-1402.

STUDY

Quantification of surgical resident stress "on call".

Tendulkar AP, Victorino GP, Chong TJ, Bullard MK, Liu TH, Harken AH. J Am Coll Surg. 2005;201:560-564.

REVIEW

Effects of reducing or eliminating resident work shifts over 16 hours: a systematic review.

Levine AC, Adusumilli J, Landrigan CP. Sleep. 2010;33:1043-1053.

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