Resident physician extended work hours and burnout

[摘要] Resident physicians experience an extraordinary amount of stress and pressure, which over time can take a toll on their mental and physical health, education, and provision of quality healthcare. To help protect patients and resident physicians from preventable harm, in 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in the United States restricted the time that resident physicians could work to 80 hr per week. Then, based on recommendations from a 2009 Institute of Medicine report “Resident duty hours: Enhancing sleep, supervision and safety” [1] and mounting evidence that extended work hours impair decision making and resident well-being [...

[学科分类] 生理学