New rules to let medical residents work up to 28 hours in a row
In 2011, medical schools adopted rules restricting how many hours a medical resident could work without a full break. The rules allow young doctors to work up to 16 hours in a row, but then they must take a break of at least 8 hours. This is meant to allow them sufficient time to sleep. Insufficient sleep among medical residents has been shown to increase the number of serious errors