The impact of current work hour restrictions and OSHA misclassification on house staff health

Over 100,000 medical and surgical resident physicians and fellows (combined, “house staff”) are the first-line physicians for most patients in the nation’s 1,100+ teaching hospitals. Maximum weekly work hours regulated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) are colloquially cited to be 80 per week. Notably, however, they are 80 hours averaged over […]

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Original Article Posted at : https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/02/the-impact-of-current-work-hour-restrictions-and-osha-misclassification-on-house-staff-health.html