Best Practices In Brief

From a November 2, 2003 Hours Reform Conference in Los Angeles

On November 2, 2003, the Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU, the American Medical Association Resident Fellow Section, and the California Medical Association Resident Physician Section sponsored a conference focused on developing and implementing innovative strategies to reduce resident work hours.  The following list of best practices was composed at the conference’s end based on the experiences shared by conference participants:

Procedure Team - designated surgical team, which responds quickly to the need for patient procedures. Team members rapidly improve their sk