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Crosswalk: ACGME, AHA, IOM resident work hour rules
Confused about all this talk of resident work hour changes? We compiled a crosswalk of current Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) standards and recommendations from the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
In 2003, the ACGME broke with tradition and adopted the ground-breaking resident 80-hour rule and promised to review it after five years. In 2007, the IOM charged the Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety to further evaluate the duty hours. In Dec. 2008, the IOM released its 500-page report, “Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety.”
The (AHA) on Monday released a statement to ACGME with recommendations for resident work hour rules. Like the ACGME and IOM, AHA supports the 80-hour cap on resident hours, averaged over four weeks.
ABPS releases details about American Board of Hospital Medicine requirements
In a statement to HCPro, the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) released details about its certification standards. The ABPS last month announced the first board certification for hospitalists ever with the establishment of the American Board of Hospital Medicine (ABHM), which has generated debate amongst the hospitalist community about its validity as a certifying board.
“The ABPS establishes high standards for physicians to demonstrate that they not only have the appropriate medical education and residency training, but also can demonstrate, through ABPS examinations, that they have the requisite knowledge and skills necessary to practice medicine safely and effectively in their specialty,” according to the statement.
ACGME changes resident rules in internal medicine inpatient rotations
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved changes for internal medicine residents that will take effect July 1. The major changes to inpatient rotations concern the number of internal medicine patients that a resident and supervising resident can care for.
Regarding inpatient rotations, the changes include:
