Editor's Picks Resident shift length does not affect patient mortality, according to the results of the iCOMPARE trial. The New England Journal of Medicine published two papers earlier this month and discussed some of the findings of the trial, in which residents were allowed to work longer shift lengths than what is required by the ACGME.
 Residency Program Alert subscribers can now read all of the articles from the March issue of the newsletter, as well as download a full, color PDF by clicking here.
The program evaluation committee (PEC) must be composed of at least two program faculty members and should include at least one resident (unless there are currently no trainees in the program). The committee must have a written description of its responsibilities.
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