The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education resident duty hour new standards: History, changes, and impact on staffing of intensive care units

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2540-2549

  Pastores, Stephen M ^a   O'Connor, Michael F ^b   Kleinpell, Ruth M ^c   Napolitano, Lena ^d   Ward, Nicholas ^e   Bailey, Heatherlee ^f   Mollenkopf, Fred P ^g   Coopersmith, Craig M ^h  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Claire Dart Stroke Center Sparrow Hospital   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; critical care; education; intensive care unit workforce; intensive care units; patient safety; resident duty hours; staffing; supervision

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; E-MAIL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDLINE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SLEEP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 80054888012     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318225776f     Document Type: Review

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