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Beyond work-hour restrictions: a qualitative study of residents’ subjective workload

INTRODUCTION: Following the introduction of work-hour restrictions, residents’ workload has become an important theme in postgraduate training. The efficacy of restrictions on workload, however, remains controversial, as most research has only examined objective workload. The purpose of this study w...

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Autores principales: Nishigori, Hiroshi, Deshpande, Gautam A., Obara, Haruo, Takahashi, Osamu, Busari, Jamiu, Dornan, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4530534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26228738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40037-015-0198-4
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author Nishigori, Hiroshi
Deshpande, Gautam A.
Obara, Haruo
Takahashi, Osamu
Busari, Jamiu
Dornan, Tim
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description INTRODUCTION: Following the introduction of work-hour restrictions, residents’ workload has become an important theme in postgraduate training. The efficacy of restrictions on workload, however, remains controversial, as most research has only examined objective workload. The purpose of this study was to explore the less clearly understood component of subjective workload and, in particular, the factors that influenced residents’ subjective workload. METHOD: This study was conducted in Japan at three community teaching hospitals. We recruited a convenience sample of 31 junior residents in seven focus groups at the three sites. Audio-recorded and transcribed data were read iteratively and analyzed thematically, identifying, analyzing and reporting themes within the data and developing an interpretive synthesis of the topic. RESULTS: Seven factors influenced residents’ subjective workload: (1) interaction within the professional community, (2) feedback from patients, (3) being in control, (4) professional development, (5) private life, (6) interest and (7) protected free time. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that residents who have good interaction with colleagues and patients, are competent enough to control their work, experience personal development through working, have greater interest in their work, and have fulfilling private lives will have the least subjective workload.
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spelling pubmed-45305342015-08-11 Beyond work-hour restrictions: a qualitative study of residents’ subjective workload Nishigori, Hiroshi Deshpande, Gautam A. Obara, Haruo Takahashi, Osamu Busari, Jamiu Dornan, Tim Perspect Med Educ Original Article INTRODUCTION: Following the introduction of work-hour restrictions, residents’ workload has become an important theme in postgraduate training. The efficacy of restrictions on workload, however, remains controversial, as most research has only examined objective workload. The purpose of this study was to explore the less clearly understood component of subjective workload and, in particular, the factors that influenced residents’ subjective workload. METHOD: This study was conducted in Japan at three community teaching hospitals. We recruited a convenience sample of 31 junior residents in seven focus groups at the three sites. Audio-recorded and transcribed data were read iteratively and analyzed thematically, identifying, analyzing and reporting themes within the data and developing an interpretive synthesis of the topic. RESULTS: Seven factors influenced residents’ subjective workload: (1) interaction within the professional community, (2) feedback from patients, (3) being in control, (4) professional development, (5) private life, (6) interest and (7) protected free time. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that residents who have good interaction with colleagues and patients, are competent enough to control their work, experience personal development through working, have greater interest in their work, and have fulfilling private lives will have the least subjective workload. Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 2015-07-31 2015-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4530534/ /pubmed/26228738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40037-015-0198-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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