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Wake Up Call: Reforming Medical Resident Duty Hours

Amy Chen | Posted 05.18.2013 | Impact
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Amy Chen

Over the past several decades, a growing body of medical literature has suggested that sleep deprivation from working long hours in the hospital can lead to serious mistakes.

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When Medical Residents Don't Get Enough Sleep

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 07.04.2011 | Home
Read More: Residency, Air Traffic Control, Healthy, Medical Errors, Medical Training, Katz, Work Hours, Acgme, Health, Dr. David Katz, Hospitals, News, Medicine, Health Care, Conditions, Atc, Home News
David Katz, M.D.

As a frequent flier, I wince at every story of an inattentive air traffic controller. A parallel dilemma related to the working hours of medical residents is playing out at lower altitudes.

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The Residency Regulators Are Back!

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Medical Error, Doctor, Patient, Residency Regulations, Interns, Doctors-in-Training, Acgme, New York News
Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD

Medicine is far too complex to apply simple formulas. What really helps doctors-in-training practice good medicine, decrease errors, and maintain a high standard of professionalism is good supervision.

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