RT Journal
A1 Arora VM, Farnan JM, Humphrey HJ
T1 Professionalism in the era of duty hours: Time for a shift change?
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD December 5
VO 308
IS 21
SP 2195
OP 2196
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.14584
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.14584
AB 
Yet old values do not simply die in a new system. Despite duty hour restrictions, today's trainees continue to exhibit behaviors consistent with “nostalgic professionalism,”1 defined as consistently placing a patient's or the profession's needs above one's own personal needs. However, at times these behaviors directly conflict with the current system of medical training. This creates a challenge for medical educators: how can the conflict between nostalgic definitions of professionalism and the new model of medical training be reconciled? Answering this question requires a deeper understanding of specific circumstances in modern residency training in which resident actions consistent with nostalgic professionalism conflict with mandated regulation.