インターンによる大学院医学教育認定評議会の労働時間制限の遵守
Christopher P Landrigan1, Laura K Barger, Brian E Cade
1Harvard Work Hours, Health and Safety Group, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass 02115, USA. clandrigan@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
JAMA
|September 7, 2006
まとめ
多くのインターンは,実施後最初の1年で,大学院医学教育認定評議会 (ACGME) の勤務時間基準に違反しました. 週間の労働時間のわずかな削減にもかかわらず,長時間シフト中の睡眠は減少しており,継続的なコンプライアンス問題を示しています.
科学分野:
- 医療教育 医療教育について
- 患者の安全性について
- 労働力の健康 労働力の健康 労働力の健康
背景:
- 医療インターンにおける睡眠不足は,医療ミスや事故の増加と関連しています.
- 医学研究生教育認定評議会 (ACGME) は,これらのリスクを軽減するために,2003年に勤務時間基準を制定しました.
- これらの新しい基準の遵守を評価することは,それらの有効性を評価するために極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 医療インターンの間でACGMEの勤務時間基準の遵守率を推定する.
- ACGME標準の導入前と後の労働と睡眠時間のパターンを分析する.
主な方法:
- 全国の前向きなコホート研究では,米国のレジデンスプログラム全体で4015人のインターンを調査しました.
- 毎月実施されるウェブベースの調査では,検証済みの機器を用いてインターンワークと睡眠時間を評価した.
- データ収集は実施前 (2002年7月~2003年5月) と実施後の (2003年7月~2004年5月) に行われました.
主要な成果:
- 導入後,インターンの83.6%が少なくとも1ヶ月間に勤務時間基準に違反したと報告した.
- インターンの有意な割合は,週80時間以上 (43.0%) を超え,週1日の休日 (43.7%) を欠いていた.
- 平均的な週間の労働時間は減少し,平均的な睡眠はわずかに増加したが,長時間シフトでの睡眠は減少した.
結論:
- インターンは,ACGMEの勤務時間基準を導入後最初の1年で遵守していないことを頻繁に報告しました.
- この調査結果は,レジデント医師の規制された労働時間を遵守する際の持続的な課題を強調しています.
- 効果的な実施と,インターンの福祉と患者の安全への影響を確実にするために,さらなる評価が必要である.
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