A study involving 27 orthopedic surgery residents suggests surgical residents are often fatigued, according to a study published in the Archives of Surgery. For the study, researchers evaluated ...

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education is in Chicago this week, receiving feedback from a multitude of healthcare groups on the efficacy of a five-year-old cap on work hours, ...

On July 1, 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education made the first changes to resident duty hours since its 2003 major reform, which limit first-year residents to working at most ...

In this cross-sectional nationwide study of resident physicians in high-burnout specialties, longer work hours were associated with higher stress and self-perceived competency, but not with burnout.

The Supreme Court ruled that even if a hospital signs a training contract with a resident doctor stipulating "80 hours per week," it must still pay overtime wages for any hours exceeding 40 per week.