From the Editor: A European working time directive

Maximizing time from the constraining European Working Time Directive (EWTD): The Heidelberg New Working Time Model

BACKGROUND The introduction of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) has greatly reduced training hours of surgical residents, which translates into 30% less surgical and clinical experience. Such a dramatic drop in attendance has serious implications such compromised quality of medical care. As the surgical department of the University of Heidelberg, our goal was to establish a model that...

Effect of European working time directive on a stroke unit.

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European Working Time Directive in a stroke unit: hidden deficits.

Sir, The study by Cappucio et al. 1 argues that the 48-h working limit per week can improve patient safety when the range of the working week period is reduced. Their data have been criticized, in part because of the casemix variation between the traditional and intervention arms of the study and unblinding of the initial nurse assessors of medical errors. 2,3 As the authors explain, retrospect...

The European working time directive for doctors in training.

The European Working Time Directive: less means less.