Background Concern surrounding the effect of resident fatigue on patient care recently led
the National Steering Committee on Resident Duty Hours to publish Canadian …

Background Resident duty hours have recently been under criticism, with concerns for
resident and patient well-being. Historically, call shifts have been long, and some residency …

The fatigue from working excessively long shifts is affecting the well-being and learning
ability of medical residents, as well as putting patients at risk, and as a consequence, duty …

Background Despite 25 years of implementation and a sizable amount of research, the
impact of resident duty hour restrictions on patients and residents still is unclear. Advocates …

S ince the implementation of resident duty hour reform by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 2003, numerous studies have focused on the …

Background Physicians' perceptions of duty hour regulations have been closely examined,
yet patient opinions have been largely unstudied to date. Objective We studied patient …

310 CMAJ, March 17, 2015, 187 (5) this two-month intervention (from the residents'
perspective). They effectively documented the high rate of burnout-type symptoms among …

The potential impact of resident duty hour restrictions on faculty is likely significant; however,
the extent of this impact has still not been well documented. We undertook a narrative review …

As the nation's teaching hospitals implement the next rendition of limits for physicians-in-
training on work hours during residency, it is imperative to understand the impact of such …

For much of the past decade, the duty hours debate has focused primarily on the intended
and unintended effects of resident duty hours restrictions on resident well-being and fatigue …