Weekly working hours for Norwegian hospital doctors since 1994 with special attention to postgraduate training, work-home balance and the European working time directive: a panel study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the weekly working hours of Norwegian hospital doctors from 1994 to 2012 with special emphasis on the quality of postgraduate training and work-home balance, and in relation to the requirements of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD).

Design

Panel study based on postal questionnaires.

Setting

Norway.

Participants

Unbalanced cohort of 1300-1600 doctors in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012.

Outcome measures

Self-reported total weekly working hours and whether 45 weekly working hours are too short, sufficient, or too long to meet the quality requirements of obligatory postgraduate training for junior doctors.

Results

From 1994 to 2012, the number of weekly working hours was stable for seni

SUBMITTER: Rosta J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4194802 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature