RT Journal
A1 Deaño R, DeKosky A, Appannagari A, et al
T1 Resident time spent in clinical and educational activities at home: Implications for duty hours
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD June 13
VO 171
IS 11
SP 1038
OP 1039
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.218
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.218
AB 
The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recently finalized duty hour restrictions to be implemented by July 2011.1 The new standards require programs to ensure that residents are managing their “time before, during and after clinical assignments.” With increasing use of electronic health records (EHRs), residents could continue to participate in clinical activities after leaving the hospital. Although these hours are considered subject to the ACGME duty hour limits, no study to our knowledge has examined the extent of this practice.2 Our study aims to quantify the extent and type of out-of-hospital work reported by internal medicine residents at 2 Midwestern teaching hospitals with EHRs.