<p> A controversial study that was branded as unethical by some critics because it altered surgical residents’ training hours without informed consent from patients has found that “flexible, less restrictive” duty hours did not increase patient mortality or serious complications.</p>

FIRST study proves a point, but which one?

‘Flexible’ hours, current duty limits both deemed safe

April 1, 2016

A controversial study that was branded as unethical by some critics because it altered surgical residents’ training hours without informed consent from patients has found that “flexible, less restrictive” duty hours did not increase patient mortality or serious complications.

Issue Date: April 1, 2016

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Financial Disclosure: Editor Melinda Young, Senior Staff Writer Gary Evans, Managing Editor Jill Drachenberg, Associate Managing Editor Dana Spector, Physician Reviewer Lindsay McNair, MD, MPH, MSBioethics, and Nurse Planner Kay Ball, RN, PhD, report no consultant, stockholder, speaker’s bureau, research, or other financial relationships with companies having ties to this field of study.

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