title: Finding the Right Balance.
abstract: Since the 1980s, concerns about resident fatigue have caused lawmakers and medical policymakers to pull back on resident duty hours. In 2003 and again in 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) shortened resident hours. In March, ACGME modified those hours again. The latest rule change has reignited a long-running debate among physicians.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D013781:Texas; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000523:psychology*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data