It always struck me as odd when a resident claims that they believe they should be able to
'choose'to work longer hours that violate current maximums if they perceive education …

Would you like an alcohol-impaired resident involved in hospital care? Of course not. Why,
then, is it acceptable for exhausted residents to examine patients, assist in operations or …

Without a doubt, medical residents work very long hours. 2 Most people would be alarmed to
learn that the doctor treating them had been working for thirty-six hours straight or had …

458 Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges 23-2 death, despair
and disease and while fighting off the effects of chronic sleep deprivation. Finally, add the …

Over the past decade, the ACGME1 has implemented a series of duty hour regulations for
resident physicians as a direct and calculated response to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) …

Systematic sleep deprivation is a dangerous anachronism in graduate medical education.
Continuous work periods of 30+ hours every 3rd or 4th night for months at a time are …

New rules for residents that go into effect in July extend permissible work shifts for first-year
residents from 16 hours to 24. The policy seems to reverse the direction we have been …

Abstract Background: In both Europe and the US, resident physician work hour reduction
has been a source of controversy within academic medicine. In 2008, the Institute of …

Completion of medical training does not render doctors immune to problems related to sleep
deprivation. Evidence suggests that prolonged work periods without sleep can increase the …

Changes in the maximum shift length for residents, increases in mandatory time off, and
inclusion of all moonlighting in total work hours are among the recommendations made in a …