New graduate standards limit residents' hours.
Provisions affect the maximum number of duty hours, rest periods, free days. Failure to comply means adverse actions, including loss of accreditation. Science of sleep is an emerging new area of medical knowledge.
D000068:Accreditation; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance; D016526:Workload / Q000592:standards*