Objectives To determine whether a reduction in working hours of doctors in postgraduate
medical training has had an effect on objective measures of medical education and clinical …

The European Working Time Directive (EWTD) 2003/88/EC is a Union Directive laying down
minimum health and safety requirements for the organisation of working time. Originally …

Background: There are currently no field data about the effect of implementing European
Working Time Directive (EWTD)-compliant rotas in a medical setting. Surveys of doctors' …

Background In Europe and the United States, work hour restrictions are considered to be
particularly burdensome for residents in surgery specialties. The aim of this study was to …

Background Performing microsurgery requires a breadth and depth of experience that has
arguably been reduced as result of diminishing operating exposure. Fresh frozen cadavers …

Antecedentes: en países como Estados Unidos y las naciones europeas se han propuesto
cambios a la estructura asistencial y académica de los médicos especialistas en formación …

Background: In countries such as United States and European Nations changes have been
proposed regarding to duty and academic structure of specialists in training, this implies …

Järvinen et al remind us that falls assessment is too often ignored in people at high risk of
fractures. 1 However, we believe that falls assessment and prevention must be in addition to …

The Modernization of the National Health Service (NHS) and medical careers have brought
over the last 10 years or more growing pressures and demands for radical changes in the …

Introduction. Training opportunities have decreased dramatically since the introduction of
the European Working Time Directive (EWTD). In order to maximise training we introduced a …