Institute of Medicine Recommends More Sleep, Fewer Work Hours for Residents

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Institute of Medicine Recommends More Sleep, Fewer Work Hours for

Residents

Laurie Barclay, MD

December 5, 2008 — A new report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM)

recommends strategies to reduce medical resident fatigue-related

errors and improve patient safety and medical training by reducing

residents' duty hours, increasing their sleep hours, and increasing

supervision of work hour limits. The report, titled " Resident Duty

Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision and Safety, " was funded by the US

Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare

Research and Quality (AHRQ) and was published online December 2...

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/584840

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Institute of Medicine Recommends More Sleep, Fewer Work Hours forResidents Laurie Barclay, MDDecember 5, 2008 — A new report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM)recommends strategies to reduce medical resident fatigue-relatederrors and improve patient safety and medical training by reducingresidents' duty hours, increasing their sleep hours, and increasingsupervision of work hour limits. The report, titled "Resident DutyHours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision and Safety," was funded by the USDepartment of Health and Human Services' Agency for HealthcareResearch and Quality (AHRQ) and was published online December 2...http://www.medscape .com/viewarticle /584840