Medical Resident

Hours
Cassie Evans
Intern/Mentor Program, Marriotts Ridge High School
Mentor: Dr. Lori Suffredini
Anesthesiology
Who has been or
knows someone
who has been
treated at a
hospital?
Presentation Overview

Research Topic and findings

Internship Experience
Final Product
Data Collection
Future Aspirations
Conclusion
Questions
Works Cited
Research

Overall, do the increasing regulations on resident hours

help or hinder the young Doctors and their patients?
What can be done to improve the conditions for the
residents and their patients?

32 Annotated Bibliographies

Interview
Findings Thus Far

2003
2011
16 consecutive hours:
1st year
80 hours per week
24 consecutive hours:
2nd and 3rd year
Looking to change hour
restrictions soon
Resident Hour Restrictions
Arguments

Pros Cons

Decrease in car accidents Restrictions aren't proven to prevent burnout

Decreases fatigue of doctors Large implementation costs
Set a trend to focus on patient and resident
safety
For the Future

A new plan must be implemented because the current

one is not working
Rides to work
Increased breaks

Goal: Maximize the resident education while also

maximizing safety for residents and paitents.
Internship Experience

Howard County General Hospital

Anesthesiology**
ER
Speech Pathology
Physical Therapy
Labor and Delivery

**Main Place
Surgeries

Cholecystectomy (Gull Bladder removal)

Surgeries

Ovarian Cyst Removal

CO2 in stomach
Missing Ovary
Surgeries

Caesarean Section C Section

Easy for Complication
Lots od doctors in room
Final Product

I am creating a website that displays all the information

collected in the project
I will be sending the link to this website on medical
resident blogs, this way masses of people who are
involved in the medical field will view this issue from a
new perspective
The goal is to get people talking about the issue and
ways to resolve it to create maximum benefits
Data Collection

Qualitative Research Analysis

Collected 10 primary source documents
Annotated the documents
Summarized the documents

Findings:
In need of updated resident hour restrictions. The
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education is
beginning to review previous restrictions in order to
update them.
Future Aspirations

Attend UMBC and major in Biological Sciences and minor

in psychology while playing D1 lacrosse
Attend Med School and become a doctor
Unsure of which field of medicine specifically
Conclusion

Research Topic and findings

Internship Experience
Final Product
Data Collection
Future Plans
Questions
Questions?
Sources

http://indianaintern.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/201
3/06/Pin-2.2.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholecystectomy
http://mariarastgoo.com/en/service-item/ovarian-cyst-
removal-laparoscopic-surgery/
http://cystbursting.com/cysts/ovarian-cyst-removal/

https://www.askideas.com/25-best-newborn-baby-pictu
res/