Residents' Work Hours
Authors: Yungpo Bernard Su, Lydia Kang
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2004)

Letters2 November 2004Residents' Work HoursYungpo Bernard Su, MD and Lydia Kang, MDYungpo Bernard Su, MDFrom Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and New York University Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY 10016.Search for more papers by this author and Lydia Kang, MDFrom Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and New York University Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY 10016.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00029 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We are concerned that the 4 essays on residents' work hours (1-4) imply that all current trainees support shift work and that only the aged establishment is divided over the issue of resident work hours regulation. We are recent chief residents of New York City internal medicine residency programs who served during the first year of state-contracted work hour inspections. As attending physicians, we now oversee residents who from the start of internship have been literally commanded to leave the hospital at the strike of the clock. We see a nontrivial minority of trainees with marginal baseline ...References1. Charap M. Reducing resident work hours: unproven assumptions and unforeseen outcomes. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:814-5. [PMID: 15148068] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Skeff KM, Ezeji-Okoye S, Pompei P, Rockson S. Benefits of resident work hours regulation. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:816-7. [PMID: 15148069] LinkGoogle Scholar3. Glines ME. The effect of work hour regulations on personal development during residency. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:818-9. [PMID: 15148070] LinkGoogle Scholar4. Schroeder SA. How many hours is enough? An old profession meets a new generation [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:838-9. [PMID: 15148074] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and New York University Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY 10016. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoReducing Resident Work Hours: Unproven Assumptions and Unforeseen Outcomes Mitchell Charap Benefits of Resident Work Hours Regulation Kelley M. Skeff , Stephen Ezeji-Okoye , Peter Pompei , and Stanley Rockson The Effect of Work Hour Regulations on Personal Development during Residency Melinda E. Glines How Many Hours Is Enough? An Old Profession Meets a New Generation Steven A. Schroeder Residents' Work Hours Ilene M. Rosen , Judy A. Shea , and Lisa M. Bellini Residents' Work Hours Mitchell Charap Residents' Work Hours Gabriella Varallo Bedarida Residents' Work Hours Sarang Kim Residents' Work Hours Timothy Lahey Metrics 2 November 2004Volume 141, Issue 9Page: 741KeywordsForecastingHealth care qualityPatientsResidencySurgery ePublished: 2 November 2004 Issue Published: 2 November 2004 CopyrightCopyright © 2004 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...