Work Schedule Tolerance
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures.

12 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Few data exist on the relationships between experienced physicians' work hours and sleep, and patient safety. OBJECTIVE: To determine if sleep opportunities for attending surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists are associated with the risk ... Read more...

Quality of life during orthopaedic training and academic practice. Part 1: orthopaedic surgery residents and faculty.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: A pilot study of two academic training programs revealed concerning levels of resident burnout and psychological dysfunction. The purpose of the present study was to determine the quality of life of orthopaedic residents and faculty on a ... Read more...

["work & care" - Combining employment and care: a literature analysis on challenges for family caregivers, companies, and nursing]

30 Jul 2009 In German speaking Europe, concepts on combining family care and employment are widely lacking. However, due to increased participation of women in the labour market, women have less time to engage in traditional family care giving. For nurses, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Work Schedule Tolerance'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Night shift. 30 Oct 2009
• Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures. 12 Oct 2009
• Quality of life during orthopaedic training and academic practice. Part 1: orthopaedic surgery residents and faculty. 29 Sep 2009
• For whom the bell commission tolls: unintended effects of limiting residents' hours. 29 Sep 2009
• Position statement on further work hour restrictions: the views of current and recent trainees. 30 Aug 2009
• "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety": response of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery to the December 2008 Report of the Institute of Medicine. 30 Aug 2009
• Comment of the American Board of Surgery on the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Report, "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety". 30 Aug 2009
• Resident duty hours in surgery for ensuring patient safety, providing optimum resident education and training, and promoting resident well-being: a response from the American College of Surgeons to the Report of the Institute of Medicine, "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety". 30 Aug 2009
• Residents' work hours. 25 Aug 2009
• Residents' work hours. 25 Aug 2009
• Shift work and cancer: risk, compensation, challenges. 23 Aug 2009
• The implications of the European Working Time Directive in the medium and smaller sized craft specialties. 30 Jul 2009
• Re: Trends in operative training opportunities for junior and senior trainees in otolaryngology. 30 Jul 2009
• ["work & care" - Combining employment and care: a literature analysis on challenges for family caregivers, companies, and nursing] 30 Jul 2009
• Managing work-life balance: we should heed our own good advice. 30 Jul 2009
• Mitigating on-call symptoms through organizational justice and job control: a cross-sectional study among Finnish anesthesiologists. 20 Jul 2009
• Shift work and cancer. 13 Jul 2009
• Influence of occupational stress on mental health among Chinese off-shore oil workers. 7 Jul 2009
• No options for sleep. 5 Jul 2009
• Attending physician work hours: ethical considerations and the last doctor standing. 3 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Work Schedule Tolerance'

Definition: Physiological or psychological effects of periods of work which may be fixed or flexible such as flexitime, work shifts, and rotating shifts.

Descriptor UI: D014940

Alternative terms: Work Schedule Tolerance; Schedule Tolerance, Work; Schedule Tolerances, Work; Tolerance, Work Schedule; Tolerances, Work Schedule; Work Schedule Tolerances;

Related Mesh Headings: Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm;

Allowable Qualifiers: physiology; psychology;

Tree Number: I03.946.900;

History Note: 91(83); was see under WORK 1983-90

Technical Notes: /physiol /psychol permitted