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The new recommendations on duty hours from the ACGME Task Force.

Nasca TJ, Day SH, Amis ES Jr; for ACGME Duty Hours Task Force. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:e3.

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Effects of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty hour limits on sleep, work hours, and safety.

Landrigan CP, Fahrenkopf AM, Lewin D, et al. Pediatrics. 2008;122:250-258.

COMMENTARY

Sleep deprivation, physician performance, and patient safety.

Olson EJ, Drage LA, Auger RR. Chest. 2009;136:1389-1396.

REVIEW

Duty-hour limits and patient care and resident outcomes: can high-quality studies offer insight into complex relationships?

Philibert I, Nasca T, Brigham T, Shapiro J. Annu Rev Med. 2013;64:467-483.

COMMENTARY

An elusive balance — residents' work hours and the continuity of care.

Okie S. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:2665-2667.

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Changes in outcomes for internal medicine inpatients after work-hour regulations.

Horwitz LI, Kosiborod M, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:97-103.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Quality Care and Excellence in Medical Education.

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

STUDY

ACGME duty-hour recommendations—a national survey of residency program directors.

Antiel RM, Thompson SM, Reed DA, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:e12.

STUDY

Decreased bile duct injury rate during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the era of the 80-hour resident workweek.

Yaghoubian A, Saltmarsh G, Rosing DK, et al. Arch Surg. 2008;143:847-851.

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Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety.

Ulmer C, Wolman DM, Johns MME, eds. Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedule to Improve Patient Safety, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2008. ISBN: 9780309127721.

COMMENTARY

The response of the APPD, CoPS and AAP to the Institute of Medicine report on resident duty hours.

Guralnick S, Rushton J, Bale JF Jr, Norwood V, Trimm F, Schumacher D. Pediatrics. 2010;125:786-790.

COMMENTARY

The ACGME’s final duty-hour standards—special PGY-1 limits and strategic napping.

Iglehart JK. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1589-1591.

STUDY

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Changes in hospital mortality associated with residency work-hour regulations.

Shetty KD, Bhattacharya J. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:73-80.

COMMENTARY

Perspective: ten thousand hours to patient safety, sooner or later.

Pellegrini VD Jr. Acad Med. 2012;87:164-167.

STUDY

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Association of workload of on-call medical interns with on-call sleep duration, shift duration, and participation in educational activities.

Arora VM, Georgitis E, Siddique J, et al. JAMA. 2008;300:1146-1153.

REVIEW

Patient safety, resident education and resident well-being following implementation of the 2003 ACGME duty hour rules.

Fletcher KE, Reed DA, Arora VM. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:907-919.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety.

Institute of Medicine.

STUDY

Effects of the 2011 duty hour reforms on interns and their patients: a prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Sen S, Kranzler HR, Didwania AK, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:657-662.

STUDY

Residents' perspectives on ACGME regulation of supervision and duty hours—a national survey.

Drolet BC, Spalluto LB, Fischer SA. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:e34.

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Residents' response to duty-hour regulations—a follow-up national survey.

Drolet BC, Christopher DA, Fischer SA. N Engl J Med. 2012;366:e35.

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