The start of the academic year is not without risk for patient outcomes, with five of 19 studies reporting negative findings around July¶

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Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2017: baselines and conditions change

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q2 i? Of 19 studies evaluating a July effect, 14 mostly surgical studies reported no differences in patient outcomes compared with other months, while five studies reported some negative outcomes at the start of the academic year. → van der Leeuw Renée M 2012

Evidence¶

van der Leeuw Renée M 2012¶

van der Leeuw Renée M, Lombarts Kiki MJMH, Arah Onyebuchi A, Heineman Maas Jan. (2012). A systematic review of the effects of residency training on patient outcomes. BMC Medicine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391170/

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Narrative synthesis of 19 studies comparing patient outcomes at the start of the academic year with other months. The review reports that "14 mostly surgical studies reported no differences in patient outcomes compared with other months of the year (risk-adjusted)"; the five remaining studies are described separately in the same paragraph.

"Of the 19 studies evaluating a July effect, 14 mostly surgical studies reported no differences in patient outcomes compared with other months of the year (risk-adjusted) [16-20,22-26,31-34]."

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