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

Lara Goitein; Tait D. Shanafelt; Joyce E. Wipf; Christopher G. Slatore; Anthony L. Back

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

January 4, 2006

Goitein L, Shanafelt TD, Wipf JE, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(22):2601-6.

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The investigators surveyed internal medicine residents on the perceived effects of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) work-hour limitations. Results showed that residents thought the limitations benefited their well-being, but they also thought the limitations had a negative effect on both patient care and resident education.

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