Exhaustive Schedules

We've all heard the advice of not driving when tired because we make unwise decisions behind the wheel. I definitely remember taking finals on no sleep and looking at the questions as if there were written in Swahili instead of good ole American English. One particular area that has come under fire in recent years is medical school. Talk to an intern or resident and they will regale you with tales of being on shift for 36 hours at a time. More and more schools are requiring that their medical students be subjected to a more regulated schedule with interns and residents only working a maximum of 80 hours per week.

But is that a solution to medical mistakes?