Response to the Institute of Medicine's Recommendations on Resident Duty Hours: The Medical Residency Program and GI Fellowship Viewpoints

published online 23 February 2009.

In December 2008, the Institute of Medicine released a report (www.iom.edu/residenthours) on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's current duty hour regulations for medical residents. The following two articles address the report's recommendations from the perspectives of the medical residency program and GI fellowship.

a Drs. Richard and Mortimer Bader, Professor of Medicine, Vice Chairman of Education, Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Medicine, New York, New York

b Assistant Chief of Medicine, Director of Residency Training, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

c Professor and Interim Chair, Director of Residency Program of the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

PII: S0016-5085(09)00196-6

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.02.016

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