In 2003, work hours for physicians-in-training (residents) were capped by regulation at
eighty hours per week, leading to the hotly debated but unexplored issue of whether …

Objective To determine whether 30 day mortality, 30 day readmissions, and inpatient
spending vary according to whether physicians were exposed to work hour reforms during …

Background: In 2002, the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education enacted
regulations, effective 1 July 2003, that limited work hours for all residency programs in the …

THE LONG WORK HOURS OF MEDICAL RESIDENTS HAVE RE-ceived increasing
attention in recent years due to con-cerns about patient safety and the health and education …

Abstract Background The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education resident
work hour limitations were implemented in July, 2003. Effects on faculty are not well …

Background Although the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
limits the work hours of residents, concerns about fatigue persist. A new Institute of Medicine …

The regulation of duty hours of physicians in training remains among the most hotly debated
subjects in medical education. Although recent duty hour reforms have been chiefly …

As the nation's teaching hospitals implement the next rendition of limits for physicians-in-
training on work hours during residency, it is imperative to understand the impact of such …

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 …

Background Physicians' perceptions of duty hour regulations have been closely examined,
yet patient opinions have been largely unstudied to date. Objective We studied patient …