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With this in mind, in 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), which accredits post-medical school training programs in the U.S., implemented new rules that wisely limited residents to work no more than six days per week, 80 hours per week, and 30 hours per shift. But a report published this month by Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers found that four out of every five residents had violated the regulations at least once in their first year of residency. With lives at stake, hospitals need to continue to work towards greater compliance with the ACGME rules...
Should self-regulation by hospitals fail to make further progress, there is certainly an alternate possibility: in the U.K., by law, residents work no more than 13 hours per day and 58 hours per week. While we understand the need for intensive training for our next generation of doctors, it shouldn’t be so intensive that they injure their patients, or themselves, in the process. We echo Landrigan’s suggestions that hospitals must commit more resources and energy to reducing the load on their first-year residents, and if hospitals are unable to comply with...
...Crimson relies on strong play from its freshman class, and three first-year players have made an impact already. Libero Katherine Kocurek has filled the hole created by the graduation of Elizabeth Blotky ’06, leading a defense that ranks second in the Ivy League in digs per game. Right-side hitter Chelsea Ono Horn has brought power to the outside of the Harvard attack, supplementing junior co-captain Suzie Trimble and senior Katie Turley-Molony down the middle. And setter Lily Durwood has helped stabilize the Crimson’s passing game, taking turns in the rotation...
...Under the new rule, which became final with Johnson's signature, the national standard for daily exposure to fine particle pollution will drop from 65 micrograms per cubic meter to 35 micrograms per cubic meter. That's a significant change; under the tighter rules, an additional 32 counties in the U.S. will now have substandard air quality. At the same time, however, the agency decided to leave the annual standards for exposure to fine particles at their current level - 15 micrograms per cubic meter...
...cervical cancers and is also effective against the two strains which are responsible for 90% of genital warts in men and women. Immunization requires a series of three injections over six months. According to UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59, UHS will charge students $154 per shot. The same shot costs $120 at Mass. General Hospital, according to the hospital’s website. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend vaccination of girls at 11 or 12 to ensure blanket protection before the children become sexually active but advise that women...