Effect of the ACGME 16-hour rule on internal medicine intern educational opportunities
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Background: The most recent regulations regarding resident duty hours became effective in July, 2011 and included restriction of shifts to a maximum of 16 hours for interns in all specialties. There is little objective data regarding the impact of these new duty hour limits on resident education. We hypothesized that the duty hour changes would not have a significant impact on intern educational opportunities.
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