[Study on the working conditions of rotating residents in the department of anesthesia under the new residency programs].
BACKGROUND
Jichi Medical University Hospital established a new residency program in 2004, which restricted the working time of junior residents to less than 80 hours for one week involving conferences and lectures.


METHODS
We evaluated the working conditions of non-anesthesia residents in the department of anesthesia from April 2005 to March 2006.


RESULTS
Non-anesthesia residents were engaged in anesthesia for 112 +/- 37 (mean +/-SD) hours for one month.


CONCLUSIONS
Non-anesthesia residents worked in the anesthesia department under the regulation of the new residency program. However, a significant increase in the number of anesthesia cases, observed in recent years, is a potential imperilment of the new residency program.
Mogi
Kouichi
K
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke.
Inoue
Soichiro
S
Sato
Masaaki
M
Taga
Naoyuki
N
Hirabayashi
Yoshihiro
Y
Seo
Norimasa
N
D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007564:Japan; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*