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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:1073-1074.

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The working conditions of medical trainees have generated intense controversy for many years.¹ In 1984, the highly publicized death of an 18-year-old woman who was being treated by residents at a New York, NY, hospital sparked further national debate over the issue of resident working conditions.^{2, 3} This incident led to the creation of a state law (Code 405.4, Paragraph 2.b) that mandated New York hospitals to improve resident working conditions effective July 1, 1989. The enactment of Code 405 provided an opportunity to study trends in residents' perceptions of the working conditions of residency. We report on a 10-year prospective study about residents' perceptions of working conditions.

We conducted repeated self-report surveys involving residents in 15 pediatric training programs in the New York metropolitan area. We developed a questionnaire containing statements about the number of hours that residents worked, amount of time spent in sign-out rounds, available time for reading, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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