Duty hour recommendations and implications for meeting the ACGME core competencies: views of residency directors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the views of residency program directors regarding the effect of the 2010 duty hour recommendations on the 6 core competencies of graduate medical education.

Methods

US residency program directors in internal medicine, pediatrics, and general surgery were e-mailed a survey from July 8 through July 20, 2010, after the 2010 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty hour recommendations were published. Directors were asked to rate the implications of the new recommendations for the 6 ACGME core competencies as well as for continuity of inpatient care and resident fatigue.

Results

Of 719 eligible program directors, 464 (65%) responded. Most program directors believe that the new ACGME recommendations will decrease residents' c

SUBMITTER: Antiel RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3046937 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature