Looking Back at Four Years of National Work Hour Limits

Okie, Susan. “An Elusive Balance – Residents’ Work Hours and the Continuity of Care.” NEJM 2007; 356: 2665-2667. (Download in PDF)

Yoon, Harry H. “Adapting to Duty-Hour Limits – Four Years On.” NEJM 2007; 356: 2668-2670. (Download in PDF)

Four years have passed since the ACGME mandated that US teaching hospitals adopt resident work hour regulations limiting the maximum shift length to 30 hours and the maximum work week to 80 hours average