Latest Health News

Tag: from-117

  • Researchers describe controversial study of surgeon training

    —

    by

    contributor
    in

    Public concern surrounding residents’ work hours led the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to impose restrictions in 2003 and again in 2011. As reported in JAMA Surgery, the new Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) Trial involved residents from 117 training programs. In all the participating programs, in accordance with…