Within neurosurgery, the national mandate of the 2003 duty hour restrictions (DHR) by the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has been controversial …

Background: Resident physicians often work longer than 24 consecutive hours with little or
no sleep. A systematic review of the literature was conducted to investigate the risk of …

Purpose Sleep loss and fatigue, common in resident physicians, are related to increased
medical errors and decreased physician wellbeing. Biomathematical modeling of fatigue …

Objectives: Educational demands coupled with restricted hours reduce residents' availability
to provide care at academic hospitals. Physician assistants (PAs) may address this issue …

Objective Resident duty hour (RDH) restrictions in postgraduate medical education is a
controversial yet important topic for study. There is limited literature on authentic trainee …

Background The tradition of physicians working while sleep deprived is increasingly
criticised. Medical regulatory bodies have restricted resident physician duty-hours, not …

Introduction: The physician trainee's work and educational environment impacts patient care
and trainee learning and is understudied. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of trainees at a …

There exists a large output of empirical research and numerous calls for reform in medical
education (Cooke et al., 2010; Frenk et al., 2010). Relatively little of this research, however …