Junior attending Hours?

[Unty]

As a junior attending, how late did you work when you first started out and how big was your hospital/practice/volume?

I know some junior attendings working from 6 am until past 10 pm at some places (busy academic or busy community hospitals).

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[rirriri]

Depends on so many factors. I never went early unless I had frozen sections and I never left late unless I had frozen sections.

I don’t believe # of hours is as important as what you do with your time.

My advice is to be dilligent but be efficient. Sitting at work til 10pm doesn’t make anyone a hero; IMO it just makes them inefficient.

 

[Unty]

Don’t think they were inefficient. More like inexperienced and just starting out on the job. I know plenty of fellows staying that late as well. Wouldn’t be surprised to see someone in their First year of work being there late as well.

 

[LADoc00]

I worked 12-14 hours a day/7 days week (which was pretty much par with my residency experience) when I started out in PP and my wife constantly reminds me of this. I was always stringing together a ton of gigs and hustling like a mad man though, definitely not typical.

 

[rirriri]

Don’t think they were inefficient. More like inexperienced and just starting out on the job. I know plenty of fellows staying that late as well. Wouldn’t be surprised to see someone in their First year of work being there late as well.

being a fellow and being an attending are totally different sides of the coin and shouldn't be compared.

It takes time for a new attending to become confident and secure in their sign-out abilities. One of the biggest mistakes younger attendings do is assume that spending more hours in the office is somehow a positive thing. It is not, IMO.