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Information Related to the ACGME's Effort to Address Resident
Duty Hours and Other Relevant Resource Materials
At its February 2003 meeting, the ACGME Board of Directors granted final approval to common program and institutional standards for resident duty hours that originated in the report of the ACGME Work Group on Resident Duty Hours and the Learning Environment. RRCs will individually two areas of the requirement relating to the period of up to 6 hours after the end of a 24-hour continuous duty period - the definition of "new patient" and which ambulatory continuity experiences are allowed during the 6 hours. These RRC-specific definitions will be approved at the June 2003 meeting of the ACGME Board of Directors. These standards will become effective on July 1, 2003. A Summary of Achievement of the ACGME’s Approach to Limit Resident Duty Hours, Academic Year 2006-07 ACGME-Common Program Requirements for Resident Duty Hours (July 1, 2003, Updated July 1, 2007) The report of the Work Group on Duty Hours and other information resources on the subject of resident hours:
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