Residency Program Directors’ Perspectives on Overtime Duty Hours and Professional Development Time in Japan
Kiyoshi Shikino, Yuji Nishizaki, Kazuya Nagasaki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Koshi Kataoka, Taro Shimizu, Yasuharu Tokuda · 2024
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Kiyoshi Shikino and six co-authors surveyed residency program directors across Japan about overtime limits for young doctors, in this 2024 study. New rules cap resident overtime in tiers, and directors must balance training depth against rest. The survey went to 701 teaching hospitals, and 254 replied.
Most directors favored about forty extra hours a month as the right balance between skill building and mental well-being. Only a quarter picked that figure outright, but the average landed there too. The authors note a gap between what directors judge wise and what current rosters actually demand. They offer the results to policymakers weighing training quality against doctor health, in Japan and beyond.
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| CREATOR | Kiyoshi Shikino, Yuji Nishizaki, Kazuya Nagasaki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Koshi Kataoka, Taro Shimizu, Yasuharu Tokuda |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |