Program directors respond to the IOM duty hour recommendations
An interesting survey looking at family medicine program directors’ opinions about the IOM’s duty hour recommendations was published in Annals of Family Medicine last week.
The Association of Family Medicine Directors sent an electronic survey to the organization’s membership at the end of February, and 60% of their membership has responded.
Over 90% of the respondents have the following concerns regarding implementation of the IOM’s recommendation:
- Graduating physicians who take less ‘ownership’ of patients and do not know patients as thoroughly as in the past
- Residents developing a ‘shift-worker mentality’ that the IOM rules would exacerbate
- Future doctors being less prepared for the work-hour demands of practice
Additionally, program directors believe that the IOM’s recommendations would not improve patient safety or resident education, according to the article.
The survey also asked program directors about how easy or hard implementation of the standards would be, financial impact, and the impact on patients.
See the complete results of the Association of Family Medicine Directors survey.
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Julie McCoy is the associate editor for the residency market at HCPro, Inc.
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