Duty Hours

Policy

• Policy on Resident Duty Hours
• Recommended Duty Hours Policy Template (Microsoft Word .doc)

ACGME Resident Duty Hours Documents (Adobe Acrobat documents)

• Duty Hours Language
• Procedures for Exceptions
• ACGME's Duty Hours FAQ's

Sleep and Fatigue Tools and Resources

Presentations:

• Duty Hours Survey Tutorial: Decoding the Duty Hours Survey (Powerpoint)
• Resident Sleep and Fatigue (Word doc and Powerpoint)
• Resident Sleep and Fatigue talk for Pediatric Grand Rounds
  Presenter: Jennifer Peel, Ph.D.
  January 27, 2006
• SAFER (Sleep, Alertness, and Fatigue Education) from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Available for checkout from GME Office. This material includes a CD-ROM with PowerPoint Presentation, a speaker's guide, a participant's pre-test (about 10 minutes), and a participant's post-test (about 5 minutes). The PowerPoint Presentation takes about 1 to 1.5 hours (56 slides). The CD-ROM may not be copied due to copyright priveleges.

Articles:

• JAMA Article
• Caffeine article
• Sleep deprivation bibliography

Other Resources:

• Sleepiness Fact Sheet (.pdf) - this one-page survey is a good way to introduce the topic of fatigue management and education in your program. You may want to use the front page to survey residents about their "sleepiness" and "fitness for duty." The backside gives several facts about sleepiness and fatigue management and the scoring values for the two surveys.