Is anyone doing a residency, or talked to a resident, where they have really nice work hours and call schedule. Say something like 50-55 hours a week with q5 or so call.
If anyone has, please post the name of the institution.
Yeah it ain't surgery. I would consider all Anesthesiology residencies to be cush in terms of call and hours. At the end of a "long" 65 hour week you can just look back and think, coulda been 100 (Oh cmon, you don't believe they're really doing 80 do ya).
Yes...the 80 hours ONLY involves the time you spend with direct patient care. Therefore, if a program wants to they can have you charting until the wee hours of the morning. Or slaving away in the books somehow.
However, I haven't heard of many anesthesia programs who do this back-handed kinda thing. But if you're interviewing, it would be wise to ask the residents what their REAL hours are. When do they actually go home.
At the end of a "long" 65 hour week you can just look back and think, coulda been 100 (Oh cmon, you don't believe they're really doing 80 do ya).