Day-Long Shifts For Rookie Doctors To Be Scaled Back
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Rookie doctors would get shorter shifts and more superintendence if new guidelines proposed by the soundbox that accredits aesculapian residence programs go into consequence, The Wall Street Journal reports. The alter responds to concerns almost mistakes by overworked residents. “Many patient advocates and physicians hailed it as a stair in the veracious management, but it would potential airs logistic and fiscal challenges for didactics hospitals.” Currently, many aesculapian residents oeuvre shifts that can stint yearner than a day with picayune ease, and studies display overworked residents pee-pee more errors. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has proposed the modify (Wang, 6/24).
