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Modern Healthcare reports that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) will soon vote on a proposal that among other things would allow first-year residents to work 28-hour shifts—an increase from the current 16-hour limit.
The revised standards do not change the number of clinical and educational hours from the current maximum of 80 hours per week, averaged over 4 weeks. The proposed revisions also include:
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