ACGME Approves Longer Shifts for Residents

May 25, 2017 at 09:13 am by Staff


First-year residents can work 24-hour shifts beginning July 1. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education announced approval to return first-year residents to the same schedule as other residents and fellows, moving them from a max of 16-hour shifts to the new 24-hour shift plus up to four hours to manage necessary care transitions. The maximum number of hours that any resident can long in a week remains at 80.

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