Evaluating the Impact of ACGME Resident Duty Hour Restrictions on Patient Outcomes for Bilateral Breast Reductions.

ABSTRACT: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) implemented duty-hour restrictions limiting residents to 80 hours per week in 2003 and further extended restrictions in 2011 to improve resident and patient well-being. Numerous studies have examined the effects of these restrictions on patient outcomes with inconclusive results. Few efforts have been made to examine the impact of this reform on the safety of common plastic surgery procedures. This study seeks to assess the influence of ACGME duty-hour restrictions on patient outcomes, using bilateral breast reduction mammoplasty as a marker for resident involvement and operative autonomy.

Methods

Bilateral breast reductions performed in the 3 years before and after each reform were collected from the National Inpatien

SUBMITTER: Chi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9904753 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature