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We enjoyed reading the 3 articles regarding residency training years published in the December 2005 issue of the ARCHIVES.^1-3

Although we will be accused of being "old school" in our approaches to postmedical education, all 3 of us are impressed that most of the didactic teaching that residents receive occur early in each day, especially during weekdays. This often seems less instructional in its clinical and practical aspects than in the one-on-one contact that happens urgently in the later hours between students, attending physicians, and patients.

We realize the current concern regarding number of total resident hours permitted in a week and the fear of clinical errors. The "Libby Zion Case of 1984" is referred to in the first article by Gopal et al¹; this set the legal precedent for this "multifactorial" educational alteration referred to by Jagsi et al.³ If we may be so bold, we . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Robert Bloomfield, MD, MS; Carolyn F. Pedley, MD; Elizabeth Gentile, PA-C

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