Impact of work hour limitations on pediatric surgery fellowship training

The Impact of Work Hour Limitations on Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Training
Principal Investigator	R. Lawrence Moss, MD
Lead Investigators	Marion C W Henry, MD; Bonnie Lang Silverman, PhD

Project Goals

To determine changes that Pediatric Surgical Fellowship programs have implemented in order to comply with new ACGME mandated work regulations.
To determine the impact these changes have made on pediatric surgery training.

Study Design

Survey

Data Collection

Surgical fellows and program directors of all Pediatric Surgical Fellowship programs in the US and Canada will complete survey.

Data Management

Microsoft Excel database

Timeline

Start date: Sept., 2003

End date: May, 2004

Status: Jan 2006

Henry MCW, Silverman BL, Moss RL. “The Impact of the 80 Hour Work Week on Pediatric Surgical Training: An Association of Pediatric Surgery Training Program Directors Sponsored Study”. Presented at the American Pediatric Surgical Association 35 th Annual Meeting, May 2004, Ponte Vedra, Florida.
Henry MCW, Silverman B., Moss RL. The Impact of the 80 Hour Work Week on Pediatric Surgical Training: An Association of Pediatric Surgery Training Program Directors Sponsored Study. Journal of Pediatric Surgery January 2005 40(1):60-68.