Impact of duty hour regulations on medical students' education: views of key clinical faculty.

Darcy A. Reed; Rachel B. Levine; Redonda G. Miller; Bimal H. Ashar; Eric B. Bass; Tasha Rice; Joseph Cofrancesco

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Impact of duty hour regulations on medical students' education: views of key clinical faculty.

July 23, 2008

Reed DA, Levine RB, Miller RG, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(7):1084-9.

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Internal medicine faculty at US medical schools felt that duty hours regulations had negatively affected the quality of education for medical students. A prior companion study found similar perceptions of the regulations' effect on residency training.

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