Commentary The 80-hour work week: why safer patient care will mean more health care is provided by physician extenders. Citation Text: McLean TR. The 80-Hour Work Week. Journal of Legal Medicine. 2005;26(3). doi:10.1080/01947640500218349. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL July 14, 2009 McLean TR. Journal of Legal Medicine. 2005;26(3). View more articles from the same authors. The author explores the consequences of restricting work hours for residents and physicians. He suggests that such shift work will result in logistical challenges and require change in the professional staffing of hospitals. Available at PubMed citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: McLean TR. The 80-Hour Work Week. Journal of Legal Medicine. 2005;26(3). doi:10.1080/01947640500218349. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Survey of nurses' experiences applying The Joint Commission's medication management titration standards. November 3, 2021 The use of a checklist in a pediatric oncology clinic. October 2, 2013 Experience with a trigger tool for identifying adverse drug events among older adults in ambulatory primary care. June 17, 2009 Pain management best practices from multispecialty organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic and public health crises. April 29, 2020 Incidence and outcomes of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia in 284 US hospitals using electronic surveillance criteria. June 7, 2023 A patient safety objective structured clinical examination. November 25, 2009 Differences in safety report event types submitted by graduate medical education trainees compared with other healthcare team members. December 8, 2021 Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: a maternal transport briefing form and checklist. December 23, 2020 Hamilton Acute Pain Service Safety Study: using root cause analysis to reduce the incidence of adverse events. April 2, 2014 Technological distractions—part 1 and part 2. February 14, 2018 View More Related Resources Common Program Requirements. The Learning and Working Environment (Duty Hours). March 15, 2017 The 80-hour duty week: rationale, early attitudes, and future questions. April 19, 2011 Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation. March 4, 2011 The impact of the 80-hour resident workweek on surgical residents and attending surgeons. March 3, 2011 Complying with ACGME resident duty hours restrictions: restructuring the 80-hour workweek to enhance education and patient safety at Texas A&M/Scott & White Memorial Hospital. February 16, 2011 The 80-hour work guidelines and resident survey perceptions of quality. December 22, 2010 Work-hour restrictions as an ethical dilemma for residents. July 23, 2010 The effects of work-hour limitations on resident well-being, patient care, and education in an internal medicine residency program. July 10, 2008 Resident attitudes regarding the impact of the 80–duty-hours work standards. September 14, 2005 Perceived impact of duty hours limits on the fragmentation of patient care: results from an academic health center. September 14, 2005 View More See More About The Topic Physicians Facility and Group Administrators Risk Managers Quality and Safety Professionals Duty Hour Limitation
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Experience with a trigger tool for identifying adverse drug events among older adults in ambulatory primary care. June 17, 2009
Pain management best practices from multispecialty organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic and public health crises. April 29, 2020
Incidence and outcomes of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia in 284 US hospitals using electronic surveillance criteria. June 7, 2023
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Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: a maternal transport briefing form and checklist. December 23, 2020
Hamilton Acute Pain Service Safety Study: using root cause analysis to reduce the incidence of adverse events. April 2, 2014
The impact of the 80-hour resident workweek on surgical residents and attending surgeons. March 3, 2011
Complying with ACGME resident duty hours restrictions: restructuring the 80-hour workweek to enhance education and patient safety at Texas A&M/Scott & White Memorial Hospital. February 16, 2011
The effects of work-hour limitations on resident well-being, patient care, and education in an internal medicine residency program. July 10, 2008
Perceived impact of duty hours limits on the fragmentation of patient care: results from an academic health center. September 14, 2005