For more information on the new duty hours language, go to the ACGME web site, www.acgme.org.
All formal correspondence with ACGME must also be pre-reviewed by GMEC and co-signed by the Chair of GMEC. Check out theACGME Compliance.
All New Program Director changes must be initiated by the DIO through the ACGME Web Ads. For Non-ACGME programs please submit a letter stating the change and when the effective date of the change will occur. The request for a change in Program Director form must be submitted to the GME office.
How Sleep Deprivation Effects Performance Click here to view the slides from David Dinges, Ph.D.'s presentation at its February 2003 educational conference, “Sleep Deprivation, Fatigue and Effects on Performance - The Science and Its Implications for Resident Duty Hours,” also available on the ACGME web site SAFER Module & Post Test