A recent editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine, titled ""To Nap or Not to Nap", suggests that the verdict is still out on the value of reducing the number of hours that medical residents work and its relationship between improved outcomes for patients, says the WSJ Health Blog.... (read the rest)
posted May 22, 2009
Even after considerable efforts to reduce the number of hours worked by medical residents in their training, a new study by the IOM has found that residents are still worked too hard and are dangerously sleep-deprived. According to ScienceDaily, IOM is now recommending, in addition to the already existing 80-hour... (read the rest)
posted December 4, 2008
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