Derm Residents only work 44 hrs/week?

[Lests55]

No wonder it is so competitive...http://www.ama-assn.org/vapp/freida/spcstsc/0,1238,080,00.html

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[Fermata]

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[jmazz12]

I was just looking at the ave. hours per week for most specialities and most non-surgical specialities are from 45-60. I was under the impression that you work almost 80 hours per week. I guess I was wrong in my thinking?

 

[Law2Doc]

I was just looking at the ave. hours per week for most specialities and most non-surgical specialities are from 45-60. I was under the impression that you work almost 80 hours per week. I guess I was wrong in my thinking?

Do they break down the averages by years? A lot of older semi-retired types or folks working part time schedules could pull down the average pretty quickly. I would bet the younger post-residency crowd works longer hours than that. Most specialists of recent vintage I have met work in the 60-70 hour range. (ED docs often work shorter hours than that but are sometimes all in a row.)

 

[jmazz12]

Do they break down the averages by years? A lot of older semi-retired types or folks working part time schedules could pull down the average pretty quickly. I would bet the younger post-residency crowd works longer hours than that. Most specialists of recent vintage I have met work in the 60-70 hour range. (ED docs often work shorter hours than that but are sometimes all in a row.)

I think that those numbers are just for reisdents.

 

[njbmd]

No wonder it is so competitive...http://www.ama-assn.org/vapp/freida/spcstsc/0,1238,080,00.html

Hi there,
Five hours of Dermatology is far worse than 130 hours of general surgery for me. I am happy for those folks who love Dermatology and do it but not for me.

njbmd

 

[Law2Doc]

I think that those numbers are just for reisdents.

The people who work longer hours probably didn't have the time to complete the survey.

 

[potato51]

I know a few derm residents who work a heck of a lot longer than that and who spend 2-3 hours/day outside of work reading/studying derm.

 

[thackl]

Some of the path residents I know might work 40 if they're on call