RT Journal
A1 Leach DC, Philibert I
T1 High-quality learning for high-quality health care: Getting it right
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2006
FD September 6
VO 296
IS 9
SP 1132
OP 1134
DO 10.1001/jama.296.9.1132
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.296.9.1132
AB 
In July 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) established common residency program requirements that, among other provisions, restricted the number of hours the 100 000 residents in the United States can be on duty. In the 3 years that followed, the duty hour sections of the common requirements have received considerable attention from the media, the public, and the academic community. Comments have ranged from praise of the limits as critical to better patient care and learner safety and well-being,1- 2 to predictions that they will spell doom for professionalism and continuity of care.3