Hours of different specialties

[Syndrome2013]

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Other than Hospitalist... are there any other specialties that have 7 straight days of 12 hour shifts followed by 7 days off... or something similar????

 

[RafaTech]

If you were doing emergency medicine you could probably do that, but why on earth would you want to? sounds like death to me...

 

[Syndrome2013]

If you were doing emergency medicine you could probably do that, but why on earth would you want to? sounds like death to me...

Yeah I know it probably sounds like hell to a lot of people but I look at it from the viewpoint that I'll probably already be working close to 10 hours in most specialties with weekends off however. Thats about 50 hour work week so every two weeks its about 100 hours. 12 hour shifts for 7 days is 84 hours plus a week free to do whatever I want. Im sure there are other factors but I just really like the idea of having a week off every other week.

 

[cowme]

there are still nighthawk radiology jobs that are 7 nights on, 14 off. You aren't going to make a lot of money that way, and your shifts will be hellish but it sounds mighty tempting.

 

[mimelim]

Other than Hospitalist... are there any other specialties that have 7 straight days of 12 hour shifts followed by 7 days off... or something similar????

You want 50% of your days to be off?

 

[Alvarez13]

You want 50% of your days to be off?

You don't want 50% of your days off?

 

[b-real]

You don't want 50% of your days off?

Dude's a vascular resident...he would sleep in the OR if he could.

 

[FSU2013]

Dude's a vascular resident...he would sleep in the OR if he could.

Did you hear, we're going to Q2 call?
Yea, that sucks!
I know!!! We're going to miss half the cases!


I thought the same thing when I saw that post.....to each his own.

 

[allthatglitter]

It depends if you're in clinic or at a hospital. The ortho I knew had work from 8-5 from Monday-Wednesday and he was in the hospital 8-3 from Thursday-Friday.

 

[mimelim]

You don't want 50% of your days off?

No. I am married, have a couple of hobbies, I enjoy life. But there are always cases to do and patients to manage. Everyone has to find their own balance, but it is hard to imagine NOT working 70+ hours/week as an attending. Of course, all of my roll models (attendings) are clocking in at 80+ and some at 100+, add to that that I'm relatively young and maybe things are a little skewed.

As a resident, every hour that I'm not allowed in the hospital because of ******ed hour limitations is an hour that I'm not learning. Typically we have 5-6 ORs going every day from 7:30am until 7 or 8 at night. It is 7:45pm and we still have 2 ORs going. Without the stupid hours rules, I would be scrubbed into a TEVAR with aortic debranching + AAA repair right this second. There is a roll for hour limitations, but the current ones do not help anyone. Nobody sleeps more, the number of medical errors has remained constant.

 

[mimelim]

Did you hear, we're going to Q2 call?
Yea, that sucks!
I know!!! We're going to miss half the cases!


I thought the same thing when I saw that post.....to each his own.

Q2 call means you aren't in the hospital 1/4 of all possible hours, typically 36 hours on, 12 hours off.

 

[Smurfette]

Other than Hospitalist... are there any other specialties that have 7 straight days of 12 hour shifts followed by 7 days off... or something similar????

Laborists
Acute care surgery (variable schedules depending on location....some do shiftwork like this, but many do a 24 hour call or more).
Pediatric hospitalists.

 

[FSU2013]

Q2 call means you aren't in the hospital 1/4 of all possible hours, typically 36 hours on, 12 hours off.

Thanks.....