Association between prolonged weekly duty hours and self-study time among residents: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: Postgraduate Medical Journal Vol. 99; no. 1176; pp. 1080 - 1087
• Main Authors: Nagasaki, Kazuya, Nishizaki, Yuji, Shinozaki, Tomohiro, Shimizu, Taro, Yamamoto, Yu, Shikino, Kiyoshi, Fukui, Sho, Nishiguchi, Sho, Kurihara, Masaru, Katayama, Kohta, Kobayashi, Hiroyuki, Tokuda, Yasuharu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press (OUP) 21.09.2023; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Internship and Residency; Male; Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; Self study; Work Schedule Tolerance; Workload; postgraduate medical education; study habit; General Medicine In-training Examination; self-study time; resident duty hours

In 2024, the Japanese government will enforce a maximum 80-hour weekly duty hours (DHs) regulation for medical residents. Although this reduction in weekly DHs could increase the self-study time (SST) of these residents, the relationship between these two variables remains unclear. The aim of the st...