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ACGME Seeks Information on "Innovative Approaches
to Address Its New Duty Hour Standards"
Are there any "innovative approaches" to attain compliance with the ACGME's duty hour standards you have used at your institution? If you answered yes, would you like to share them with you colleagues and the graduate medical education community?
If yes, send us a description of your approach. The summary should:
- In a title for the approach, clearly identify the kind of initiative/approach you are describing.
- Specify its goals.
- Name the clinical specialty and level of residents involved.
- Describe the initiative and how it has succeeded in meeting its goals, e.g. reduced resident hours while preserving education. Although this is optional, a brief discussion of the resources required, e.g., financial, staff, technology would be useful to other programs or institutions interested in adopting or adapting your approach.
- Let us know how many months of experience you have with the implementation of the "innovative approach."
Other submission criteria include:
- Length: maximum of 350 words (not including title or references)
- Title: maximum of 10 words
- Format: Microsoft Word or WordPerfect
- Identification: name, address, and e-mail address of program director, project director, or designated institutional official serving as contact for inquiries
Optional:
- Electronic image: logo of program and/or institution (highly desirable, but not required). Image must be in .gif or .jpg format and be no larger than 200 x 200 pixels.
- Up to three references.
Preference for publication will be given to submissions that 1) demonstrate actual
efforts rather than plans; and, 2) can serve as useful and instructive examples
for other programs or sponsoring institutions. The ACGME reserves the right to
edit submissions (in collaboration with the authors) for consistency with other
materials on its website. Please send your submissions as an e-mail attachment
to dutyhourideas@acgme.org.
Many thanks in advance.
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