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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.About:
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.read more
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The 80-hour workweek restriction: How are OB/GYN resident procedure numbers affected?
TL;DR: The 80-hour workweek restriction resulted in similar total numbers of obstetrics and gynecology cases, although the total number of obstetric cases per resident declined after implementation.
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Resident Work-Week Regulations: Historical Review and Modern Perspectives
TL;DR: The Bell Comittee was formed to investigate the effects of resident working conditions on patient care, and the 405 Bell Regulations were accepted by the New York legislature, which limits New York State medical esidents to 80 hours of work per week, with no more that 24 onsecutiveHours of work while on call.
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The impact of parental leave on extending training and entering the board certification examination process: a specialty-based comparison.
TL;DR: Specialty board policies regarding absence from training and entering the board certification examination process vary and could influence decisions about family planning, the length of time taken for parental leave, the use of vacation time for parents leave, and resident well-being.
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Work as a physician and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a Finnish nationwide population-based registry study.
TL;DR: Finnish female physicians have a similar risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes as women of similar socio-economic background, according to a nationwide population-based study in Finland.
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Pregnancy and parental leave among neurosurgeons and neurosurgical trainees
Mihir Gupta,Allison Reichl,Luis Daniel Diaz-Aguilar,Pate J Duddleston,Jamie S. Ullman,Karin M. Muraszko,Shelly D. Timmons,Isabelle M. Germano,Aviva Abosch,Jennifer A. Sweet,Jennifer A. Sweet,Susan C. Pannullo,Deborah L Benzil,Sharona Ben-Haim +13 more
TL;DR: Pregnancy and family leave pose significant challenges to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in neurosurgery, so it is imperative to promote clear family leave policies for trainees and practitioners, address discrimination surrounding these topics, and encourage forethought and flexibility to tackle obstacles inherent in pregnancy and the early stages of child rearing.
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Fatigue among Clinicians and the Safety of Patients
David M. Gaba,Steven K. Howard +1 more
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.