December 2012 sleep journal club

Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care

关键词: ACGME;    sleep deprivation;    healthcare costs;    medical education;    resident duty hours;   

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来源: DOAJ

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No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. Fitzgibbons SC; Chen J; Jagsi R; Weinstein D. Long-term follow-up on the educational impact of ACGME duty hour limits: a pre-post survey study. Ann Surg 2012;256:1108-12. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) responded to political pressure by restricting resident duty hours in 2003. The assumption was made that limiting work hours would address the problem of resident sleep deprivation. The authors evaluated the long-term impact of the duty hour limits on orthopedic residents’ sleep and perception of education at a single institution using a yearly survey. There was no significant change in the average reported hours of sleep (34.6 hours per week in 2003 vs. 33.7 hours per week between 2004 and 2009) despite a decrease in the mean reported number of work hours (74.5 hours in 2003 vs. 66.2hours in 2009; P = 0.046). However; a decrease in perceived fatigue and its negative impact on patient …

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