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Resident Work Hours

Objectives. General introductionEffects of sleep deprivationFuture directionsOverall: demonstrate benefits of work hour regulation. General Introduction. . Why should we care about Resident Work Hours regulations?. Patient SafetyPersonal Health and SafetyLearning and CognitionMedical Profess

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Resident Work Hours

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    1. Resident Work Hours Promoting health, happiness, and humanity in a safer medical community With Special Thanks to the American Medical Student Association

    2. Objectives General introduction Effects of sleep deprivation Future directions Overall: demonstrate benefits of work hour regulation This is the list of objectives to be addressed. The biggest ones that the presentation will cover are the effects of sleep deprivation and the recent policy changes. The overarching goal of the talk however is to demonstrate why RWH regulations are a good thing. Now that the ACMGE has enacted RWH regulations, there will be a long period of adjustment and criticism, the loudest of which come from within the medical community. This presentation is aimed at reminding medical students why RWH regulations are a positive step, despite the short-term growing pains.This is the list of objectives to be addressed. The biggest ones that the presentation will cover are the effects of sleep deprivation and the recent policy changes. The overarching goal of the talk however is to demonstrate why RWH regulations are a good thing. Now that the ACMGE has enacted RWH regulations, there will be a long period of adjustment and criticism, the loudest of which come from within the medical community. This presentation is aimed at reminding medical students why RWH regulations are a positive step, despite the short-term growing pains.

    3. General Introduction

    4. Why should we care about Resident Work Hours regulations? Patient Safety Personal Health and Safety Learning and Cognition Medical Professionalism

    5. Recent Policy Changes July 1, 2003: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) RWH regulations went into effect Limits work hours to 80 hours/week, averaged over 4 weeks Feb 2004: Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) student work hour rules went into effect Mandates that students should not work longer than residents The ACGME is the accrediting body of residency programs The LCME is the accrediting body of medical schools The ACGME is the accrediting body of residency programs The LCME is the accrediting body of medical schools

    6. Residents are overworked Residents were often working 95 (and up to 136!) hours a week1 The obvious result? Sleep deprivation and fatigue

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