Neurosurgery residents oppose duty hour limitations
Neurosurgery residents strongly oppose new duty hour limitations imposed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and most feel that the specialty as a whole should not be subject to the same duty hour restrictions as other specialties, a survey suggests.
Medical interns are spending less time with patients and more time at a computer since new rules limiting total work hours were instituted in 2011, according to a study published online April 18 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.