Many New Docs Break Work Hour Rules
A few years ago, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) put into effect work hour restrictions on doctors in training (residents). Residents are now, not allowed to work more than an average of 80 hours per week. Sounds like a lot by most standards but it isn’t when compared to the 120 hours that many used to work prior to these rules.
Well new studies show that many residents are fudging their time cards. Check out our new post on this at the Touch Consult blog. There are some implications to this, namely that hospital systems have yet to really adapt to the changes. Residents have been a form of cheap labor for years and lessening their work hours drives up costs and stresses and already stressed system. Not to mention the effect on communication problems…
