Hi,
FREIDA Online gives the impression that if you stay away from surgical specialties, there are quite a few residencies with fairly decent work hours. Surprisingly to me, they aren't just the ROAD specialties. These all have stated average hours between 45 and 55 hours/week:
Dermatology: 45.2
Nuclear Medicine: 47.6
Pathology: 51.7
PM&R: 54
Psychiatry: 54.8
Radiation Oncology 49.6
Allergy and Immunology: 45.8
Medical Genetics: 47.7
Ophthalmology: 52
Preventive Medicine: 45.2
Radiology: 51.5
I'm a mother in my mid thirties and I'm terrified of residency and the time spent away from my family while my children are young. 80 hours/week seems terrible but 55-60 seems manageable. I don't want to choose a specialty just for the lifestyle but I also prioritize my family and this gives me hope that I can find a specialty I love and also have time for my family during and after residency. For those who have been through it, do these hours seem accurate or are they low estimates? How many off-duty hours do residents generally put in that would not be included in these statistics? This almost seems too good to be true as residency otherwise wouldn't have the nightmarish reputation.
Thanks for your input.
The statistics I mentioned are here:
https://freida.ama-assn.org/Freida/user/specStatisticsSearch.do?method=viewSpecialty&pageNumber=2
FREIDA Online gives the impression that if you stay away from surgical specialties, there are quite a few residencies with fairly decent work hours. Surprisingly to me, they aren't just the ROAD specialties. These all have stated average hours between 45 and 55 hours/week:
Dermatology: 45.2
Nuclear Medicine: 47.6
Pathology: 51.7
PM&R: 54
Psychiatry: 54.8
Radiation Oncology 49.6
Allergy and Immunology: 45.8
Medical Genetics: 47.7
Ophthalmology: 52
Preventive Medicine: 45.2
Radiology: 51.5
I'm a mother in my mid thirties and I'm terrified of residency and the time spent away from my family while my children are young. 80 hours/week seems terrible but 55-60 seems manageable. I don't want to choose a specialty just for the lifestyle but I also prioritize my family and this gives me hope that I can find a specialty I love and also have time for my family during and after residency. For those who have been through it, do these hours seem accurate or are they low estimates? How many off-duty hours do residents generally put in that would not be included in these statistics? This almost seems too good to be true as residency otherwise wouldn't have the nightmarish reputation.
Thanks for your input.
The statistics I mentioned are here:
https://freida.ama-assn.org/Freida/user/specStatisticsSearch.do?method=viewSpecialty&pageNumber=2