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Duty hours and pregnancy outcome among residents in obstetrics and gynecology.

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It is demonstrated that, although women house officers continued to work more than 80 hours per week during pregnancy, most had a good pregnancy outcome, and there was a higher frequency of preterm labor, preeclampsia, and fetal growth restriction in female residents than in spouses or partners of male residents.
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This article is published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.The article was published on 2003-11-01. It has received 70 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Obstetrics and gynaecology & Pregnancy.

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Experience of pregnancy during family medicine residency

TL;DR: Pregnancy during family medicine residency has unique challenges, necessitating support from programs, preceptors, and colleagues, and further resources and incentives are needed to facilitate the transition back to work after maternity leave.
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Perfil actual y requisitos para un programa de especialización en obstetricia y ginecología en el nuevo milenio en chile

TL;DR: This document shows an analysis of Obstetrics and Gynecology educational programs of prestigious foreign universities and of Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.
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Study of adverse pregnancy outcomes among female healthcare workers in Kuching, Sarawak

TL;DR: Healthcare workers carry a higher risk to experience adverse pregnancy outcome with complete miscarriage being the most common and most of these experiences occurs among those who work on shift/on-call.
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Grossesse et maternité pendant l’internat de médecine ? Étude qualitative en France

TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the consequences of grossesse and maternite pendant l’internat is presented, with the aim of mettre en evidence le ressenti des internes concernant les consequences of leur grossesse.
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Fatigue among Clinicians and the Safety of Patients

TL;DR: The authors argue that reform is needed because the long work hours of clinicians adversely affect the quality of health care and current policies regulating residents' hours of work and options for new regulations governing residency shifts.
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New requirements for resident duty hours.

TL;DR: A systematic review of the effectiveness of critical appraisal skills training for clinicians and the impact of an evidence-based medicine curriculum based on adult learning theory on students' reading habits and knowledge is presented.
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The debate over residents' work hours.

TL;DR: The system of training resident physicians in the United States is about to undergo substantial changes, and more — but not all — residents will be limited to 80 hours of work per week, averaged over a four-week period.
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Pregnancy during residency: a literature review.

TL;DR: The author comments on the use of existing data to make common sense changes and on the need for further studies to help clarify the issues and evaluate program changes.
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Duty hours for resident physicians--tough choices for teaching hospitals.

TL;DR: Those involved in graduate medical education have long struggled with competing priorities that surround the issue of residents' work hours: providing each trainee with an adequate amount of clinical experience; protecting time for teaching conferences and self-study; preserving sufficient continuity of patient care; and avoiding excessive fatigue.
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