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March 12 (UPI) — First-year doctors will soon be eligible to work up to 28 hours consecutively after a governing body lifted the 16-hour cap on shift lengths for residents in U.S. hospitals.
The decision by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, or ACGME, which accredits medical residency programs, came after members studied the effects of a cap on hours. They concluded it had not improved care and, in some instances decreased the quality of a first-year resident’s professional development.
The cap only applied to doctors in their first year of practice after graduating medical school. Though they are licensed to practice medicine, first-year residents, also referred to as interns, are required to mentor under older doctors.
First-year doctors will be allowed to work up to 28 hours in a row | Gephardt Daily
That's tragic.
The decision by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, or ACGME, which accredits medical residency programs, came after members studied the effects of a cap on hours. They concluded it had not improved care and, in some instances decreased the quality of a first-year resident’s professional development.
The cap only applied to doctors in their first year of practice after graduating medical school. Though they are licensed to practice medicine, first-year residents, also referred to as interns, are required to mentor under older doctors.
First-year doctors will be allowed to work up to 28 hours in a row | Gephardt Daily
That's tragic.
