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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 1/2008

01-01-2008 | Letter to the Editor

Resident Perceptions of Work Hour Limitations

Has the 80-hour work week doomed the 3-year Internal Medicine residency?

Author: Jack L. DePriest, MD, FCCP

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 1/2008

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To the Editor:—The study by Lin et al.1 in the July issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine may signify the beginning of the end of the 3-year Internal Medicine residency. The study suggests that work hour limitations have significantly compromised the accumulative clinical experience Internal Medicine residents receive during their 3 years of residency. What is not known is whether this loss in clinical exposure has now made it impossible to consistently graduate quality Internists in 3 years. …
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Metadata
Title
Resident Perceptions of Work Hour Limitations
Has the 80-hour work week doomed the 3-year Internal Medicine residency?
Author
Jack L. DePriest, MD, FCCP
Publication date
01-01-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0450-7

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