How many required ED shifts do you have to do?

[atethesun]

How is it possible that some schools require 8 8hr shifts while some schools require 16 8-10hr shifts?

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[deleted6669]

How is it possible that some schools require 8 8hr shifts while some schools require 16 8-10hr shifts?

It's probably more about the individual sites than the schools requirements.
I did 12 hr shifts, 5 days/week for 5 weeks at my required em rotation while some of my classmates did 8 hr shifts 4-5 days/week x 5 weeks at other sites.
my peds em elective was 10 hr shifts, 5 days/week x 5 weeks.
my community em selective was 10 hr shifts 5 days/week x 12 weeks.

 

[MilkmanAl]

I didn't even have a required ED rotation.

 

[Slevin]

I have to put in 320 hours over 8 weeks

 

[Picchu127]

we do 8 14 hour shifts over a month plus a ton of didactics. when you take the shifts is up to you.

 

[cofcemt]

On my away I did 10-12hr shifts (120 hrs) and on my home rotation I did 20-9hr shifts (180 hrs). Both were 4 week rotations.

 

[b-real]

we do 8 14 hour shifts over a month plus a ton of didactics. when you take the shifts is up to you.

8 14s is a weird configuration (and the most hours/shift I've heard of, med school- or residency-wise). Do you mean 14 8s, which would be more normal?

 

[deleted6669]

8 14s is a weird configuration (and the most hours/shift I've heard of, med school- or residency-wise). Do you mean 14 8s, which would be more normal?

On my trauma surg rotation we did alternating 24 and 12 hr days for 5 weeks. > 100 hrs/week.

 

[C5toC9]

i don't think we have any required ED shifts...i didn't know this was standard at schools? is this third year or 4th?

 

[sineapse]

Did about 30 shifts over 6 weeks.

 

[b-real]

On my trauma surg rotation we did alternating 24 and 12 hr days for 5 weeks. > 100 hrs/week.

ED shifts != trauma surgery. I'm talking about standard shifts on ED rotations. Interviewing across the country in EM, I've yet to see a standard shift over 12 hours.

 

[justdoit31]

We don't have a required ER rotation- we have 1 night that we do 6 hours in the ER and basically spend the time doing procedures with the trauma nurses.

I'm planning to do a Peds EM rotation because we don't get much experience with triage here.

 

[ensuii]

20 12hr shifts over 4 weeks with didactic stuff on the side that you have to come in for regardless (prolly the worst part). A lot depends on the nature of the work I think. I don't really mind doing the hours because they let me do a lot of technical stuff I still need practice with like central lines, etc.

 

[apeman4200]

UMC in vegas is 16 shifts 12 hr long mix of nights and dedicated trauma from EM perspective and wed 8-1 didactics. Do we have a winner?

 

[DocEspana]

We had 17-20 (depended on your luck) 12 hour shifts with a 4 hour didactic once a week over a 30 day period.

 

[Poiu86]

Our school is 14 8 hour shifts plus a 6 hour EMS ride along. Rumor has it that if you request it, you can do your EMS shift with the helicopter crew... pretty sweet.

The clerkship is a month long, but most people front load their shifts and are done in ~2 weeks. After two 100 hour weeks at the end of my surgery rotation, 5 day weeks of 7am-3pm is AMAZING!

 

[Slevin]

Our school is 14 8 hour shifts plus a 6 hour EMS ride along. Rumor has it that if you request it, you can do your EMS shift with the helicopter crew... pretty sweet.

The clerkship is a month long, but most people front load their shifts and are done in ~2 weeks. After two 100 hour weeks at the end of my surgery rotation, 5 day weeks of 7am-3pm is AMAZING!

14 8 hour shifts equals working two weeks in a regular 9-5 Job and then having two weeks off. I'm not sure how that makes it a long clerkship, am I missing something here?

 

[Poiu86]

14 8 hour shifts equals working two weeks in a regular 9-5 Job and then having two weeks off. I'm not sure how that makes it a long clerkship, am I missing something here?

Yes you are. I said a "month long" as in it is 1 month in duration. I didn't call it a long month.

 

[spinnerette]

14 8 hour shifts equals working two weeks in a regular 9-5 Job and then having two weeks off. I'm not sure how that makes it a long clerkship, am I missing something here?

shift work is more taxing though

 

[atethesun]

This is what I found out.

At my school, there are 4 sites for ED. At first I thought we have the same number of shifts for all 4 sites.... Wel....
I got shafted and ended up with the 16 8hr shift over 4 weeks
Some lucky ones got the 8 8hr shift over 4 weeks.


NOOOOOOOT fair

 

[Dane07MD]

I did 3 EM rotations at various institutions.

-13 eight hour shifts + 1 four hour teaching session + 1 three hour poison control center visit
-11 twelve hour shifts + 1 two hour didactic session
-whatever combination of shifts that totaled 120 hours for the month + weekly 4 hour lecture day + weekly 4 hour grand rounds day + 2 three hour sim sessions