%0 Journal Article
%T Elimination of 24-hour continuous medical resident duty in Quebec
%A Alexandre Sauv¨¦
%A Dan Deckelbaum
%A Fadi Hamadani
%A Fady Balaa
%A Jean-Fran£¿ois Latulippe
%A Mark Walsh
%A Mohammed Shaheen
%A Najma Ahmed
%A Paola Fata
%A Sinziana Dumitra
%J Archive of "Canadian Journal of Surgery".
%D 2016
%R 10.1503/cjs.007715
%X In 2012 Quebec limited continuous in-hospital duty to 16 consecutive hours for all residents regardless of postgraduate (PGY) level. The new restrictions in Quebec appeared to have a profound, negative effect on the quality of life of surgical residents at McGill University and a perceived detrimental effect on the delivery of surgical education and patient care. Here we discuss the results of a nationwide survey that we created and distributed to general surgery residents across Canada to capture and compare their perceptions of the changes to duty hour restrictions
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734923/