With all the fuss about medical residents' work hours, including the change this year to limit intern hours to 16 per shift, what evidence is there that patient safety improves? Not much. Well what about physician quality? Not much good evidence there, either. It turns out that physicians, who are charged with making evidence-based decisions regarding patient care, haven't done likewise in the realm of physician training, as discussed in the MedPage Today article No Harm From Cuts in Residents' Hours.
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