Impact of reduction in working hours for doctors in training on postgraduate medical education and patients’ outcomes: systematic review

• Published in: BMJ Vol. 342; no. 7800; p. 747
• Main Authors: Moonesinghe, S R, Lowery, J, Shahi, N, Millen, A, Beard, J D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 22.03.2011; BMJ Publishing Group; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Anesthesia; Biomedical research; Education; Education, Medical, Graduate - organization & administration; Educational Measurement; Evaluation; Evidence-based medicine; Funding; Health care outcome assessment; Health outcomes; Humans; Inservice Training; Internet; Legislation; Medical education; Medical Staff, Hospital - organization & administration; Mortality; Patient education; Patient safety; Patients; Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; Physicians; Safety; Science; Systematic review; United Kingdom; Work; Work hours; Working hours; Workload; Europe

Objectives To determine whether a reduction in working hours of doctors in postgraduate medical training has had an effect on objective measures of medical education and clinical outcome.Design Systematic review.Data sources Medline, Embase, ISI Web of Science, Google Scholar, ERIC, and SIGLE were s...