A global template for reforming residency without work-hours restrictions: Decrease caseloads, increase education. Findings of the Japan Resident Workload Study Group

• DOI: 10.3109/0142159x.2012.652489
• Publication Date: 2012-02-25T10:39:49Z
• Authors: Gautam A. Deshpande; Kumiko Soejima; Yasushi Ishida; Osamu Takahashi; Joshua L. Jacobs; Brian S. Heist; Haruo Obara; Hiroshi Nishigori; Tsuguya Fukui
• Keywords: Restructuring; Work hours

Background: Japanese physician training programs are currently not subject to rigorous national standardization. Despite residency restructuring in 2004, little is known about the current work allocation of residents Japan.