Association between Flexible Duty Hour Policies and General Surgery Resident Examination Performance: A Flexibility in Duty hour Requirement for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) Trial Analysis

摘要

BackgroundConcerns persist about the effect of current duty hour reforms on resident educational outcomes. We investigated whether a flexible, less-restrictive duty hour policy (Flexible Policy) was associated with differential general surgery examination performance compared to current Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty hour policy (Standard Policy).