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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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Pregnancy and Motherhood During Surgical Training.

TL;DR: The challenges of having children during surgical residency may have significant workforce implications and a deeper understanding is critical to prevent attrition and to continue recruiting talented students.
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Childbearing and Pregnancy Characteristics of Female Orthopaedic Surgeons

TL;DR: Female orthopaedic surgeons had an increased risk of pregnancy complications, particularly preterm delivery, compared with the general U.S. population and an increasedrisk of preterm labor and delivery in surgeons working more than sixty hours per week during pregnancy.
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Pregnancy Among Women Surgeons: Trends Over Time

TL;DR: The number of women general surgeons becoming pregnant during training has increased in recent years; however, substantial negative bias persists, and even women residents hold negative views of pregnancy among their colleagues during training.
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Perceptions of Surgery Residents About Parental Leave During Training

TL;DR: The data suggest that policies at the level of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or Resident Review Committee (RRC), as well as education and the normalization of pregnancy during training, may be effective interventions.
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Delaying care, avoiding stigma: residents' attitudes toward obtaining personal health care.

TL;DR: The authors explored the extent to which fear of academic jeopardy, stigma, and being the subject of discussion by colleagues may affect residents' care-seeking and found that time and scheduling difficulties influence the ability to obtain care.
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Outcomes of Pregnancy in a National Sample of Resident Physicians

TL;DR: The results suggest that working long hours in a stressful occupation has little effect on the outcome of pregnancy in an otherwise healthy population of high socioeconomic status.
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Long hours and little sleep: work schedules of residents in obstetrics and gynecology

TL;DR: Residents who reported longer on-call hours or less sleep during night shift were significantly more likely to want a restriction on work hours, and women were more concerned about fatigue than were men.
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Rethinking Medical Training — The Critical Work Ahead

TL;DR: What physicians do on a daily basis has evolved considerably in the past quarter-century, but the format of postgraduate medical training has changed relatively little.
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