How many hours do you get each night?

[Fin-Nor]

I am curious as to how many hours do most med. students sleep each night? so, if you're in school, i'd like to know!!

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[DrMom]

4-5.5

 

[fozzy40]

Ditto...in bed by midnight-ish...up by five to hit the gym...

 

[monchiormeno]

Sleep? What's that? No, I'm just kidding. I wake up at 0345, because I study better in the morning. I study before I go to class. Once I'm back from school, I take an hour nap, work out for another hour, have dinner, study a bit more and go to bed at 10pm. So I always get 6 hours of sleep. I can't function if I'm not well-rested and I'm inmune to caffeine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No matter how much coffee or caffeine energy drinks I have, they don't keep me awake. So, I have to organize my time to sleep as many hours as I need to be able to study properly. Time management is a key to everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kristenE]

It really depends on whether we have a test or not, but I am REALLY useless if I don't have sufficient sleep. I normally go to bed around 11:30 and get up at 6:45-7. On test days, I usually stay up until about 12-1, sleep until 5ish, and then get up to do a final study session.

 

[DrQuinn]

Now that I started Trauma Surgery, and are on nights, I sleep about 2-3 hours in the early morning, an hour in the afternoon, and maybe an hour during my shift.

Q, DO

 

[luckystar]

I try to get 6 hrs a night. A few more on the weekends, but unless I'm very tired, I can't stay asleep past 8 or 9am 🙁

 

[LukeWhite]

6-9, come hell or high water!

 

[H0mersimps0n]

work hard, sleep hard...

If you want to sleep, you study hard during the day and afternoon, if you want to slack, expect no sleep. It is definitely a choice though.

I've chosen to guarentee myself 6 hrs. This means my 4-6 hrs (2-4 before dinner, 3-4 after) of studying a day better be damn good if I want to get to bed by midnight and be up around 6ish.

Do what you have to, to make sure you get what you need...

the sick curing the sick is no better than the blind leading the blind...

 

[texdrake]

I would say 6.5 or so. I usually go to bed 12:30 ish and get up at 7

 

[sia_simba]

I would say that on average, people get 6hrs of sleep per night on school nights w/o tests. It depends on how well you balance your schedule and what you are willing to give up i.e. hanging out with friends on weekdays.

I normally go to sleep around 11pm wake up by 7am and make a 1.5hr commute in time for my 9am class, so that gives me about 8hrs of sleep daily. I get to school by 9am the latest and leave the school about 8pm, eat dinner and then go to bed. So I basically study for about 5hrs per day but on fridays I don't study and relax with friends and such. On the weekends, I would try to study during the early afternoon till evening time and then go out with friends again. So for me, I like my schedule because its a fair balance between entertainment and education and I get 8hrs of sleep per day.

 

[SM-UCLA tech]

anywhere from 4-7 hours/night

 

[SM-UCLA tech]

oh, except for last night....i decided to take most of the day off of class.....so i slept in until noon!!!! SWEET !!!!

 

[Rev. Horace]

6-8 hours/ nite. If I go under 6 I'm worthless in lecture b/c I will probably end up battling sleep through most of it.

 

[Fin-Nor]

seems like the avg is around 6-7, which is great news 🙂

i was thinking school would make u get less sleep.

 

[DOtobe]

About 5.5 for years 1-2.

Now that I am in year 3 about 6.5 (so far I've only been on call for a rotation once, and that wasn't even the whole night, only until 11:00 )

 

[DD214_DOC]

I'm only in undergrad and I'm already only sleeping 4-5 hours a night. To think I may not get in because I haven't volunteered in a hospital enough. 🙄

If they only knew how much time my current activities really suck up...

 

[Goofyone]

Insomnia by night,

Narcolepsy by day.


4 hours

 

[Wo1verine7DO]

I get 8 hours...I don't know how, but I just cram each weekend. I do this to make sure I stay awake during each lecture. Otherwise, I'd be sleeping all day and have to work harder at night to learn everything.

 

[drchris33]

I am usually in bed by like 1am and up at 7am

Chris