Meeting

Meeting 1: Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety

When:

Monday, December 03, 2007 (11:00 AM)

Where:

National Academy of Sciences Building • 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006 Map

Topic(s):

Biomedical and Health Research, Quality and Patient Safety

Activity:

Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety

Board(s):

Board on Health Care Services

The Institute of Medicine's Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety held a public workshop on December 3, 2007 in the Lecture Room of the National Academy of Sciences Building, 2100 C Street, NW, Washington, DC . The committee meeting and public workshop were open to the public from 11 am to 5:30 pm.

During the open session, the Committee heard presentations by invited experts in resident hours, education, and health care safety. There was also an opportunity for comments and questions from the public between 5 pm and 5:30 pm.