RT Journal
A1 Gross, Richard H.
A1 Greene, Jennifer
A1 Haynes, Richard
A1 Schafer, Michael F.
T1 AOA SymposiumOrthopaedic Residency Training: Are We Meeting Expectations?*
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2008
FD February 1
VO 90
IS 2
SP 429
OP 437
DO 10.2106/JBJS.F.01426
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.F.01426
AB 
The residency training process is presently undergoing substantial changes; the number and pace of these changes are occurring to a greater degree than anything seen in the past couple of generations. The introduction of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies and the institution of the eighty-hour workweek—to name just two examples—have changed residency training to such an extent that those who were trained thirty—or even ten—years ago are astonished at the difference. What should we currently expect from this changing educational process?