Work compression is doing the same amount of work in fewer hours. The term is often used
to describe an effect of the restriction of residents' work hours by the Accreditation Council …

S ince the implementation of resident duty hour reform by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 2003, numerous studies have focused on the …

T hroughout America, teaching hospitals are struggling to meet the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education's (ACGME) new resident duty-hour standards. Effective July …

ANYONE WHO TEACHES AND LEARNS INTER-nal medicine understands the many chal-
lenges faced in accomplishing the enormous agenda required to mold a trainee into an …

This week's issue ofThe Journalhas an article by Laine et al, 1 which elegantly demonstrates
how to study the effect changes in the working hours of residents will have on residency …

The medical profession must provide quality, cost-effective care and seek high standards of
patient safety. To improve patient safety in our teaching hospitals, a committee of the Institute …

T he importance of patient care in the development of future physicians has been
recognized since well before Osler's time. Indeed, patient care experiences are the …

In this issue, the studies by Shetty and Bhattacharya and Horwitz and colleagues attempt to
answer the following question: Did the resident work-hour rules violate the Hippocratic …

For much of the past decade, the duty hours debate has focused primarily on the intended
and unintended effects of resident duty hours restrictions on resident well-being and fatigue …

To the Editor: Dr Volpp and colleagues studied mortality in hospitalized Medicare
beneficiaries1 and patients in US Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals. 2 They assessed changes …