Year: 2016
Resolution Number: 94
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status: Complete
Author(s): Aliye Runyan, MD
Sponsor: Rubin Raju, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: Rules and Order of Business
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS supports and will work to protect resident duty hour guidelines that optimize patient safety and competency-based learning opportunities; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS encourages the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to: a) Decrease the barriers to reporting of both duty hour violations and resident intimidation.b) Ensure that readily accessible, timely and accurate information about duty hours is not constrained by the cycle of ACGME survey visits.c) Offer incentives to programs to ensure compliance with duty hour standards.d) Ensure that site visits include meetings with peer-selected or randomly selected residents and that residents who are not interviewed during site visits have the opportunity to provide information directly to the site visitor.e) Ensure that physicians receive education on sleep deprivation and fatigue; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS supports the AMA policy on Duty Hours, policy H-310-907.
RESOLVED: That MSMS supports and will work to protect resident duty hour guidelines that optimize patient safety and competency-based learning opportunities; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS encourages the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to: a) Decrease the barriers to reporting of both duty hour violations and resident intimidation.b) Ensure that readily accessible, timely and accurate information about duty hours is not constrained by the cycle of ACGME survey visits.c) Offer incentives to programs to ensure compliance with duty hour standards.d) Ensure that site visits include meetings with peer-selected or randomly selected residents and that residents who are not interviewed during site visits have the opportunity to provide information directly to the site visitor.e) Ensure that physicians receive education on sleep deprivation and fatigue; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS supports the AMA policy on Duty Hours, policy H-310-907.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Resident Duty Hour Guidelines
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