Resident duty hours in Canada: past, present and future

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine (Pattani, Dhalla), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Pattani, Wu, Dhalla), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Wu), Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Dhalla), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. pattanir@smh.ca.
² Department of Medicine (Pattani, Dhalla), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Pattani, Wu, Dhalla), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Wu), Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Dhalla), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

Review

Reena Pattani et al. CMAJ. 2014.

. 2014 Jul 8;186(10):761-5.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.131053. Epub 2014 May 20.

¹ Department of Medicine (Pattani, Dhalla), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Pattani, Wu, Dhalla), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Wu), Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Dhalla), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. pattanir@smh.ca.
² Department of Medicine (Pattani, Dhalla), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Pattani, Wu, Dhalla), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Wu), Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Dhalla), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

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Comment in

Physician burnout: who will protect us from ourselves?
Fralick M, Flegel K. Fralick M, et al. CMAJ. 2014 Jul 8;186(10):731. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.140588. Epub 2014 Jun 2. CMAJ. 2014. PMID: 24890102 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Other consequences of reduced duty hours.
Allen GC. Allen GC. CMAJ. 2015 Feb 17;187(3):207. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.115-0006. CMAJ. 2015. PMID: 25691794 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Other consequences of reduced duty hours. The authors respond.
Pattani R, Wu PE, Dhalla IA. Pattani R, et al. CMAJ. 2015 Feb 17;187(3):207. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.115-0007. CMAJ. 2015. PMID: 25691795 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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