The association between resident physician work hour regulations and physician safety and health

In 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) instituted a 16-h limit on consecutive hours for first-year resident physicians. We sought to examine the effect of these work-hour regulations on physician safety.

Source: The American Journal of Medicine - February 12, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Matthew D. Weaver, Christopher P. Landrigan, Jason P. Sullivan, Conor S. O'Brien, Salim Qadri, Natalie Viyaran, Wei Wang, C éline Vetter, Charles A. Czeisler, Laura K. Barger Tags: Clinical Research Study Source Type: research