This study explored association between early career doctors (ECDs) duty hours and their quality of life (QoL). Information was collected on socio-demographics, duty hours and QoL of 391 Nigerian ECDs. Results showed median of 70 duty-hours weekly, 10 call-days monthly and 6 sleep-hours daily. Weekly duty-hours and daily sleep-hours were significantly negatively and positively correlated respectively with all four domains of WHOQoL. QoL potentially affects health of ECDs especially mental health. Policies targeted at improving ECDs workforce, working conditions should improve QoL and curtail the potential impact of brain drain and attrition among ECDs in Nigeria.
Importance: Since work-hour restrictions were instituted in 2003, sustainably complying with duty-hour regulations remains a challenge for general surgery residency programs across the nation.
Objective: To determine whether industry-based process improvement techniques could be leveraged to increase compliance with work-hour restrictions within a general surgery residency.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This quality improvement project using Lean methodology was conducted from October to November of the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
Introduction: One of today's main issues is balancing work and family life, which significantly impacts the socio-economic and working conditions of the population. Since the last century, support for parenthood has been at the center of legislative attention both in Italy and Europe. The Italian Constitution of 1948 began addressing the shift from the woman's exclusively domestic role, promoting female workforce integration from the 1950s.
Purpose: This study aimed to explore the perspectives of residency program directors in Japan regarding overtime duty hours and the balance between clinical training and self-improvement activities. This study explores the impact of work-hour regulations on resident well-being and training quality, contributing to global discourse on medical education reform.
Participants And Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed to 701 residency training hospitals across Japan to investigate their readiness for new duty-hour limits under the Medical Care Act, which categorizes working hours into Level A (960 hours/year), Level B (1440 hours/year), and Level C-1 (1920 hours/year).
Staffing levels, fatigue, and intervention timing may vary based on working hours and potentially influence the clinical outcomes of newborns. It remains unclear how the birth time of premature infants throughout the day affects their clinical outcome. This study aimed to compare the clinical outcomes of premature infants born during and after work hours.
Background: A number of municipalities have introduced work-leave rotation (aka 'North Sea shift') for general practitioners, whereby the doctors alternate between periods of work and leave over the year. We have investigated the reasons for this type of work schedule, its prevalence and scope, and experiences with this form of working.
Material And Method: We have undertaken a multiple-case study using data from Statistics Norway, the GP register, municipal documents, brief telephone interviews with doctors working a rotating schedule and in-depth interviews with healthcare leaders.
