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Duty hour recommendations and implications for meeting the ACGME core competencies: views of residency directors.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21307391     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To describe the views of residency program directors regarding the effect of the 2010 duty hour recommendations on the 6 core competencies of graduate medical education.
METHODS: US residency program directors in internal medicine, pediatrics, and general surgery were e-mailed a survey from July 8 through July 20, 2010, after the 2010 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty hour recommendations were published. Directors were asked to rate the implications of the new recommendations for the 6 ACGME core competencies as well as for continuity of inpatient care and resident fatigue.
RESULTS: Of 719 eligible program directors, 464 (65%) responded. Most program directors believe that the new ACGME recommendations will decrease residents' continuity with hospitalized patients (404/464 [87%]) and will not change (303/464 [65%]) or will increase (26/464 [6%]) resident fatigue. Additionally, most program directors (249-363/464 [53%-78%]) believe that the new duty hour restrictions will decrease residents' ability to develop competency in 5 of the 6 core areas. Surgery directors were more likely than internal medicine directors to believe that the ACGME recommendations will decrease residents' competency in patient care (odds ratio [OR], 3.9; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.5-6.3), medical knowledge (OR, 1.9; 95% CI, 1.2-3.2), practice-based learning and improvement (OR, 2.7; 95% CI, 1.7-4.4), interpersonal and communication skills (OR, 1.9; 95% CI, 1.2-3.0), and professionalism (OR, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.5-4.0).
CONCLUSION: Residency program directors' reactions to ACGME duty hour recommendations demonstrate a marked degree of concern about educating a competent generation of future physicians in the face of increasing duty hour standards and regulation.
Authors:
Ryan M Antiel; Scott M Thompson; Frederic W Hafferty; Katherine M James; Jon C Tilburt; Michael P Bannon; Philip R Fischer; David R Farley; Darcy A Reed
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2011-02-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic     Volume:  86     ISSN:  1942-5546     ISO Abbreviation:  Mayo Clin. Proc.     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-03-02     Completed Date:  2011-05-31     Revised Date:  2011-09-13    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0405543     Medline TA:  Mayo Clin Proc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  185-91     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Accreditation / organization & administration*
Attitude of Health Personnel*
Clinical Competence
Education, Medical, Graduate / organization & administration*
Female
General Surgery / education
Humans
Internal Medicine / education
Internship and Residency / organization & administration*
Male
Middle Aged
Pediatrics / education
Physician Executives / psychology*
United States
Work Schedule Tolerance / psychology
Workload / legislation & jurisprudence*,  psychology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
UL1RR024150/RR/NCRR NIH HHS
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Mar;86(3):179-80   [PMID:  21364109 ]
Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Jul;86(7):703; author reply 706-8   [PMID:  21719626 ]
Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Mar;86(3):176-8   [PMID:  21364108 ]
Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Jul;86(7):705-6; author reply 706-8   [PMID:  21719627 ]
Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Jul;86(7):703-5; author reply 706-8   [PMID:  21719625 ]

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