Abstract
Taking into consideration the Institute of Medicine's 2008 recommendations regarding residents' duty hours,1 the 16-member Duty Hour Task Force of the Accreditation Council for GraduateMedical Education (ACGME) recently published proposed new recommendations,2 which, as eventually approved, would go into effect in July 2011. These recommendations represent a continuing commitment by the ACGME to both “foster a humanistic environment for graduate medical education” and ensure “excellent and safe patient care.”2 The ACGME has solicited comments from the educational community and will modify its proposal as needed. The recommendations represent an attempt to address elements of the 2003 ACGME standards that generated . . .
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