Resident duty hours : enhancing sleep, supervision, and safety / Cheryl Ulmer, Dianne Miller Wolman, Michael M.E. Johns, editors ; Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety.
"Institute of Medicine of the National Academies."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Background and overview -- Current duty hours and monitoring adherence -- Adapting the resident educational and work environment to duty hour limits -- Improving the resident learning environment -- Impact of duty hours on resident well-being -- Contributions to error in the training environment -- Strategies to reduce fatigue risk in resident work schedules -- System strategies to improve patient safety and error prevention -- Resources to implement imvprovements for patient safety and resident training.
Appendices: Statement of task -- Comparison of select scheduling possibilities under committee recommendations and under 2003 ACGME duty hour rules -- International experiences limiting resident duty hours -- Glossary, acronyms, and abbreviations -- Committee member biographies -- Public meeting agendas.
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