TY - JOUR T1 - LEgislating change in surgical residency AU - Pritchett CV, Hervey-Jumper SL, Aliu O, Hayanga AJ Y1 - 2011/08/01 N1 - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.221 JO - Archives of Surgery SP - 972 EP - 974 VL - 146 IS - 8 N2 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the House of Representatives Bill HR 3590, was created to improve the quality of patient care and access to health care for American citizens. Provisions of this bill are likely to have both intended and unintended consequences on surgical education. The purpose of this article is to explore the ways in which HR 3590 may affect the educational experience of surgical house officers at teaching hospitals. SN - 0004-0010 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.221 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2011.221 ER -