Eliminating extended work shifts improves sleep duration for senior resident physicians
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

Getting a good night`s sleep is important for everyone-including physicians. In 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) set a limit on first-year resident physician shifts of 16 or fewer continuous hours of work. This policy change was based primarily on the results of studies comparing outcomes for first-year residents who worked extended-duration work shifts (24 hours or more) to those who worked rapid-cycling work shifts.