OBJECTIVE The ACGME instituted the 2011 residency duty-hour restrictions (DHR) to
increase resident well-being and patient safety. However, its eventual remodeling came …

Background Mentoring is an essential component of cardiothoracic surgery training, yet
trainees report varied experiences despite substantial efforts to enhance mentorship …

Background The Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) trial
was a national, cluster-randomized, pragmatic, noninferiority trial of 117 general surgery …

Introduction The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Council of
Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) were invited to contribute to the 2016 …

Graduate medical education (GME) is a critical link in the educational chain for physicians.
Graduating from a strict apprenticeship model, GME has become a highly structured …

The restriction of working hours for physicians in training was one of the earliest and most far-
reaching interventions of the patient safety movement. The US Accreditation Council for …

(Hyder et al. 2016). These findings of an association between postoperative complications
and anesthesia care handoffs persisted even with adjusting for operative duration, blood …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review highlights research focusing on the quality of
surgical education within the current constraints of healthcare delivery in the United States …

Background: Although shift work is a part of the physicians' routine, there is controversy on
the length of shifts and adequate rest for safe professional practice. If on the one hand long …

ABSTRACT Background The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
(ACGME) has mandated revisions to residents' work hours to improve patient safety and …