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Indeed, the resident's labor-intensive schedule was not structured that way by chance, says Dr. Thomas J. Nasca, chief executive officer of ACGME. Learning to work through exhaustion is part of the training process, not merely a matter of young residents paying dues or getting hazed by veterans. "This is not indoctrination," he says. "It isn't a fraternity...
...often, says Nasca, the debate is oversimplified to, "Would you like a doctor who is not fatigued?" But the real question is in fact more nuanced: "Do you want a competent physician who knows you to treat you, even if he is fatigued...
...Nasca is in the difficult position of helping set the rules for accredited residency programs in the U.S. ACGME held a conference in March to solicit the input of medical professionals and educators from around the globe, and in June it will host an event in Chicago in which 55 groups will present position papers on the subject. After that, an ACGME task force will meet every six weeks until the details of a new plan can be hammered...
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