Reducing Interns' Hours May Harm Patient Safety

A new study suggests new national regulations to further restrict the duty hours of first year resident medical trainees (interns) in the US may be harming patient safety and physicians' training. On 1 July 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) brought in further restrictions of its 2003 regulations on duty hours and supervision. The ACGME is the body responsible for accrediting the majority of graduate medical training programs for physicians in the United States...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Students / Training Source Type: news