What does ACGME stand for?

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

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Two accrediting bodies -- the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the Joint Commission -- also should monitor compliance with limits on work hours, the IOM said, and the new limits on work hours and tougher enforcement should occur "with all deliberate speed.

Asleep at the bedside? IOM says feds should issue tough work hour ...

The changes would also enhance the learning environment of doctors-intraining, according to the report, which does not call for reducing residents' work hours from the maximum average of 80 per week set by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in 2003.

Medical residents need revised hours

So in 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education issued the first caps.

Report: Young doctors still too tired for safety

COLUMN: MEDICAL MEMOS Physicians at UMass Memorial Sleep Disorders Center were among the first physicians nationally to receive board certification in sleep medicine from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

MEDICAL MEMOS

As one of the 6 core competencies identified in 1994 by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, "Interpersonal and Communication Skills" is still not taught in a uniform or rigorous fashion.

Can Clinical Empathy be Taught?

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has reduced the amount of inpatient training necessary for psychiatry residents from a minimum of 9 months to a minimum of 6 months.

How much training is best for residents?

In June of 2002 the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) instituted work hour limitations for all resident training programs.

Residency work hour limits: a little time off, a lot to consider

Most of the tests were performed before July 2003, when the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education limited residents to an average workweek of 80 hours.

Dead tired: weary doctors function as if intoxicated