1.0Public Citizenhttps://www.citizen.orgDiane Krauthamerhttps://www.citizen.org/author/dkrauthamer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="uszmPoee5A"><a href="https://www.citizen.org/article/public-citizen-report-bipartisan-consensus-the-public-wants-well-rested-medical-residents-to-help-ensure-safe-patient-care/">Public Citizen Report: Bipartisan Consensus: The Public Wants Well-Rested Medical Residents to Help Ensure Safe Patient Care</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.citizen.org/article/public-citizen-report-bipartisan-consensus-the-public-wants-well-rested-medical-residents-to-help-ensure-safe-patient-care/embed/#?secret=uszmPoee5A" width="600" height="338" title="“Public Citizen Report: Bipartisan Consensus: The Public Wants Well-Rested Medical Residents to Help Ensure Safe Patient Care” — Public Citizen" data-secret="uszmPoee5A" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Public Citizen released a report on the results of a new national poll showing that the vast majority of the American public favors restricting medical resident work shifts to no more than 16 straight hours without sleep. The report also summarizes research conducted to date on the dangers of sleep deprivation in residents to both the residents and their patients. The poll comes as the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is facing intense pressure from dozens of physician organizations to lift the current 16-hour shift cap for first-year medical residents and allow them to work 28 or more hours in a row without sleep.https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/public_citizen_shared_link.jpg1200628