title: Resident duty hours: the rest of the story.
abstract: This article presents the complex set of considerations and influences that resulted in the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education' s (ACGME) development of rules to govern the duty hours of residents. The process is demonstrative of the complexity associated with the self-regulation of graduate medical education. At the same time, the ACGME' s development of standards for resident duty hours suggests that self-regulation can be an effective alternative to governmental regulation.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0809, USA. reh2u@virginia.edu
authors.forename: R Edward
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Howell
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007587:Job Description / Q000592:standards*; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011050:Policy Making; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education; D014481:United States; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance; D016526:Workload