PubMed · 10305438
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S J White, H N Godwin. 1977. A unit dose quality assurance program.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10305438/
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OBJECTIVE: The acquisition of data on resident duty hours has been largely dependent on self-report surveys collected in the surgical literature. We sought to implement and describe a simple method for monitoring internal medicine resident duty hours by using time-cards. DESIGN: In 2002, internal medicine residents on a 3-site academic programme were asked to track their duty hours using time-cards prior to the implementation of system changes according to duty hours reform. SETTING: An academic internal medicine residency programme in the USA. RESULTS: Of participating residents (n = 41), 93% worked at least 1 shift longer than 30 hours, 29% worked an average of more than 80 hours per week, and 56% had less than 1 day off per week. No residents were on call more than once every third day. CONCLUSIONS: This study describes the findings and challenges of using time-cards to track duty hours, and shows that many internal medicine residents on this programme were, before implementation of duty hours reforms, in violation of duty hours regulations.
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