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Truth and Consequences of the New Duty Requirements
A Resident's Perspective
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004;130:137-138.
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This year, our institution restructured its residency programs in 57 specialties and subspecialties to fully comply with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) work hour restrictions,1 which went into effect July 1, 2003. Since then, the regulations have had a profound and widespread impact on the delivery of health care in the surgical specialties at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The restrictions were implemented by the ACGME to "strengthen both patient care and [resident] education."2 While these restrictions have had beneficial effects, in some cases the effect has been different from what was intended by the ACGME.
The ACGME restrictions have brought about positive changes. In congruence with institutions nationwide, our surgical interns and junior residents have favored the new duty hours standard.3 Primarily, they cite the enhanced quality of their personal and family lives and increased control of their lifestyles. These are not trivial . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Subinoy Das, MD
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(e-mail: sdas2@unch.unc.edu)
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