Duty hours restriction and their effect on resident education and academic departments: the American perspective.

Christopher E Swide; Jeffrey R Kirsch

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Duty hours restriction and their effect on resident education and academic departments: the American perspective.

December 5, 2007

Swide CE, Kirsch JR. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2007;20(6):580-4.

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This review assessed available data on the effects of the 2003 ACGME duty hour limitations and found that, while the educational environment and residents' quality of life improved, the effect on patient care remains unclear.

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