title: 16-hour call duty schedules: the Quebec experience.
abstract: Since 1 July 2012, as a result of a labour arbitration ruling in the province of Quebec and the subsequent agreement negotiated by the Fédération des médecins résidents du Québec, all 3,400 medical residents training in Quebec have been on a 16-hour duty schedule for in-house calls. This is a major change within medical teaching sites, as well as a professional and educational challenge for physicians-in-training and their supervisors. The Quebec ruling now raises similar issues for all medical residents in Canada because of its legal basis, namely the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dussault
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.forename: Johanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carrier
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011792:Quebec; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance