Limiting Medical Trainees' Hours Affects Satisfaction, but Not Educational Outcomes
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaLimiting first-year medical residents to 16-hour work shifts, compared to “flexing” them to allow for some longer shifts, generally makes residents more satisfied with their training and work-life balance, but their training directors more dissatisfied with curtailed educational opportunities. That’s one conclusion of a new study published online March 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine.