Medical Resident Work Hours
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- Petitions Delivered to the ACGME Urging Rejection of a Dangerous Resident Work Hours Proposal, February 3, 2017
- Comments on a Proposal by an ACGME Task Force to Loosen Medical Resident Duty-hour Requirements, December 15, 2016
- Press Release: Proposal to Allow First-Year Resident Physicians to Work 28 Hours in a Row Puts Residents, Patients, Public at Risk of Serious Injury, Death, November 4, 2016
- Letter to the ACGME Regarding Public Citizen’s Report, Bipartisan Consensus: The Public Wants Well-Rested Medical Residents to Help Ensure Safe Patient Care, September 13, 2016
- Public Citizen Report: Bipartisan Consensus: The Public Wants Well-Rested Medical Residents to Help Ensure Safe Patient Care, September 13, 2016
- Press Statement: Effort to Weaken Rules on Resident Physician Work Hours Threatens Safety of Residents and Their Patients, March 15, 2016
- Letter Responding to OSHA’s Denial of Resident Work Hours Petition, November 3, 2011
- Petition to Reduce Resident Work Hours, September 2, 2010
- Press Release: Patient Safety Advocates Give Plan to Reform Medical Residency a Failing Grade, June 23, 2010
- Article in BMC Medicine on Public Support of Reducing Resident Physician Work Hours, June 1, 2010
- Letter Advocating Reduction of Resident Work Hours, February 4, 2010
- Statement: Institute of Medicine Report on Resident Work Hours Misses Opportunity, Fails to Endorse Significant Federal Oversight, December 12, 2008
- Congressional Testimony on Resident Work Hours, September 18, 2009
- Comments on Joint Commission’s Draft 2008 Patient Safety Goal on Health Care Worker Fatigue, January 26, 2007
- Letter Criticizing Institute of Medicine’s Recent Report on Sleep Disorders for Failure to Address the Issue of Resident Work Hours, June 9, 2006
- Letter Responding to ACGME’s False Claims on Resident Work Hours, January 9, 2003
- Letter on Medical Resident Duty Hours, August 1, 2002
- Letter in Internal Medicine News on Medical Resident Work Hours, September 1, 2001
- Petition to OSHA Requesting that Limits be Placed on Hours Worked by Medical Residents, April 30, 2001