Resident Duty Hours and Medical Education Policy — Raising the Evidence Bar

Interview with Dr. David Asch on resident work hours and using evidence to inform medical education policy. (08:41)Download New rules for residents that go into effect in July extend permissible work shifts for first-year residents from 16 hours to 24. The policy seems to reverse the direction we have been moving in, on the basis of a new approach to developing and using evidence to inform education policy.