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you're correct, a large group is not the salvation... but it can drastically reduce the amount of call days/nights in a month.
Clearly.
i should add that my comments were from the perspective of internal medicine. surgery definitely is a different world from internal medicine in respect to call and expectations of call, though i would be interested to see more of every specialty really try to strike a balance between professional and personal life. but again, i digress.
Surgeons, and others need to be more creative in they way they work the call schedule. Perhaps shifts are reasonable; perhaps blocking off office schedule for the day after overnight call, or cases scheduled after 24 hrs on goes to one of your partners. I watch my friends in more call heavy surgical practices, even larger ones, still face being up all day the night after call.