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Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety
Resident Duty Hours Enhancing Sleep Supervision and Safety
Author: Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedule to Improve Patient Safety, National Research Council
Medical residents in hospitals are often required to be on duty for long hours. In 2003, the organization overseeing graduate medical education adopted common program requirements to restrict resident workweeks, including limits to an average of 80 hours over 4 weeks and the longest consecutive period of work to 30 hours in order to protect pati...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780309127769
ISBN-10: 0309127769
Publication Date: 4/30/2009
Pages: 428
Edition: 1
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Publisher: National Academies Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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