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How many hours a week do residents work? Is there really a 16 hour shift cap and an 80 hour/week cap?
80 hours a week is ridiculous...that is almost 14 hours a day with one day off a a week...
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Isn't that ridiculous? How many years do you have to work like that? That is not healthy at all...why not extend residency or just accept more medical students?
I am just worried about sleep deprivation over long periods of time...
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Well I guess most will be between 3-8 years depending on specialty/fellowship. Current residents would be better to explain their lives and how healthy it is. You'll still be able to sleep... It says you're a medical student, is this not something you considered prior to starting medical school?
I thought that the claims were exaggerated...I am going to be an ms1 in a month..still time to get out lol
These conditions are borderline inhumane...when they say 80 hours a week it is probably more like a 100 with everything else you have to do for a job
The pay is **** too...you are making way less then minimum wage
Do your hours go down after residency...I can't see my self working more than 40 hours a week for 30 years
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I thought that the claims were exaggerated...I am going to be an ms1 in a month..still time to get out lol
These conditions are borderline inhumane...when they say 80 hours a week it is probably more like a 100 with everything else you have to do for a job
The pay is **** too...you are making way less then minimum wage
Do your hours go down after residency...I can't see my self working more than 40 hours a week for 30 years
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16 hour shift cap is going away soon, and only applied to intern year. Residents are capped at 30 hours, with no admissions for the last 6. Some specialties have different hours (EM, 60, but you do a lot more night shifts and weekends, or neurosurg where you have no hour limits), but most stick to the 80 limit.How many hours a week do residents work? Is there really a 16 hour shift cap and an 80 hour/week cap?
80 hours a week is ridiculous...that is almost 14 hours a day with one day off a a week...
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As a physician, you need to be able to function with little sleep and high stress. Residency helps prepare you for that. The purpose of the long hours is to maximize your continuity with patients so that you see entire disease processes from beginning to end. When polled, residents have repeatedly stated a preference for shorter, higher hour training versus longer, lower-hour training because entering practice sooner allows for one to earn an attending salary sooner. As to sleep deprivation, you can function in 6 hours a night when you're a bit older. You're likely a teenager or close to it, so you require far more sleep than an adult that is nearing 30.Isn't that ridiculous? How many years do you have to work like that? That is not healthy at all...why not extend residency or just accept more medical students?
I am just worried about sleep deprivation over long periods of time...
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This is incorrect. EM, path, psych, PM&R, A&I, dermatology, rheumatology, sleep medicine, and a few other fields allow for low hours with very minimal call.however, across the board the hours will be more than a normal 9-5 position. Welcome to medicine.
16 hour shift cap is going away soon, and only applied to intern year. Residents are capped at 30 hours, with no admissions for the last 6. Some specialties have different hours (EM, 60, but you do a lot more night shifts and weekends, or neurosurg where you have no hour limits), but most stick to the 80 limit.
Hard to game with that schedule, but I still managed to play 2-3 hours of dota every night during residency while doing research and working. But then again my hour is around 45-50 a week.
I believe fluffy is a rads (DR) resident, but eventually hoping to match in IR.What field are you in dr Fluffy? I feel like i have seen your posts in other threads but I can't recall
I believe fluffy is a rads (DR) resident, but eventually hoping to match in IR.
Thanks for the corrections and clarification. 24+4 sounds infinitely more humane than 24+6, though I can't put my finger on why lol. I'm thrilled to be going in after the hour changes, the short shifts really made for grisly intern schedules compared to what many second years ended up with.The 16 hour intern limit is going away in July.
Residents are capped at 28 hour shifts
Neurosurgery caps at 88 hours/week
The 16 hour intern limit is going away in July.
Residents are capped at 28 hour shifts
Neurosurgery caps at 88 hours/week
Borderline inhumane? Plenty of people work two full-time jobs for decades, just to make ends meet. I can deal with 80 hours/week for a few years during training, knowing how it's going to benefit me and my family in the long run.I thought that the claims were exaggerated...I am going to be an ms1 in a month..still time to get out lol
These conditions are borderline inhumane...when they say 80 hours a week it is probably more like a 100 with everything else you have to do for a job
The pay is **** too...you are making way less then minimum wage
Do your hours go down after residency...I can't see my self working more than 40 hours a week for 30 years
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Another one that wants the title doctor without earning it through work. Go get a DNP if you just want to be lazy and be called a doctorHow many hours a week do residents work? Is there really a 16 hour shift cap and an 80 hour/week cap?
80 hours a week is ridiculous...that is almost 14 hours a day with one day off a a week...
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It's inhumane to the patients. I wouldn't let a sleep-deprived resident get anywhere near me if it was my health on the line. Expecting residents to go 30 hours without sleep and not make mistakes is right up there next to expecting divine intervention. Truckers are limited in their work hours; Pilots are too in addition to a mandatory retirement age of 65. You seriously can't compare working two retail jobs to something as high-risk as medicine.Borderline inhumane? Plenty of people work two full-time jobs for decades, just to make ends meet. I can deal with 80 hours/week for a few years during training, knowing how it's going to benefit me and my family in the long run.
And some would argue that 80 hours isn't enough. Years ago, I remember surgical residents sneaking back into the OR when they had exceeded their cap because they didn't want to miss out on certain cases. And so many physicians have told me how scary it is to transition to being an attending; you'll be expected to have learned everything you need to know to be competent. The thought of that responsibility will probably be enough to fuel you through some difficult shifts when you're exhausted!
Or DDSAnother one that wants the title doctor without earning it through work. Go get a DNP if you just want to be lazy and be called a doctor
Did I say anything about retail? Plenty of people in the medical field work double shifts regularly, or have two jobs. That's just reality.It's inhumane to the patients. I wouldn't let a sleep-deprived resident get anywhere near me if it was my health on the line. Expecting residents to go 30 hours without sleep and not make mistakes is right up there next to expecting divine intervention. Truckers are limited in their work hours; Pilots are too in addition to a mandatory retirement age of 65. You seriously can't compare working two retail jobs to something as high-risk as medicine.
Or DDS
Classic Burnett's Law.Another one that wants the title doctor without earning it through work. Go get a DNP if you just want to be lazy and be called a doctor
This has been beaten to death in other threads. People are treated everyday in hospitals with the current system. Studies show modifying the shifts doesn't improve patient care. Full stop.It's inhumane to the patients. I wouldn't let a sleep-deprived resident get anywhere near me if it was my health on the line. Expecting residents to go 30 hours without sleep and not make mistakes is right up there next to expecting divine intervention. Truckers are limited in their work hours; Pilots are too in addition to a mandatory retirement age of 65. You seriously can't compare working two retail jobs to something as high-risk as medicine.
Dang, then I should jump into medical malpractice law; that's where the money is.This has been beaten to death in other threads. People are treated everyday in hospitals with the current system. Studies show modifying the shifts doesn't improve patient care. Full stop.
Dentistry seems like the best rational choice for myself although I still have premed pangs every now and then.Best decision I ever made!
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The research show patients suffer no adverse harm from longer shifts, actually. The reason for this is that attending physicians oversee their work and can compensate for their errors.It's inhumane to the patients. I wouldn't let a sleep-deprived resident get anywhere near me if it was my health on the line. Expecting residents to go 30 hours without sleep and not make mistakes is right up there next to expecting divine intervention. Truckers are limited in their work hours; Pilots are too in addition to a mandatory retirement age of 65. You seriously can't compare working two retail jobs to something as high-risk as medicine.
Or DDS
Would you be okay flying if one of the pilots was as sleep deprived as a resident?The research show patients suffer no adverse harm from longer shifts, actually. The reason for this is that attending physicians oversee their work and can compensate for their errors.
If they were the copilot and the actual pilot (the attending) were well rested, sure. And if they had all the extra sets of eyes on the controls that we do (nurses, PAs, NPs, RTs, etc). The pilot analogy fails to work because in health care, there are several levels of human judgment that must fail before harm comes to a patient, whereas in most aircraft, there are only two sets of eyes at any given time.Would you be okay flying if one of the pilots was as sleep deprived as a resident?
Are there any cases of doctors dying of cardiac arrest from pulling so many all-nighters? In Japan it is known as Karoshi where people literally drop dead from over-work—and they're relatively young.
Taken from Wikipedia:
In an International Labour Organization article about karōshi,[4] the following four typical cases of karōshi were mentioned:
- Mr. A worked at a major snack food processing company for as long as 110 hours a week (not a month) and died from a heart attack at the age of 34. His death was recognized as work-related by the Labour Standards Office.
- Mr. B, a bus driver, whose death was also recognized as work-related, worked 3,000 hours a year. He did not have a day off in the 15 years before he had a stroke at the age of 37.
- Mr. C worked in a large printing company in Tokyo for 4,320 hours a year including night work and died from a stroke at the age of 58. His widow received workers’ compensation 14 years after her husband's death.
- Ms. D, a 22-year-old nurse, died from a heart attack after 34 hours of continuous duty five times a month.
Would you be okay flying if one of the pilots was as sleep deprived as a resident?
Alright you win. I just don't know how anyone can function like that effectively. Adrenaline is one thing but your reaction time decreases, it becomes difficulty to think, etc. Are students loaded up on Adderall and Cocaine like young investment bankers?This is silly. You have 4 cases where something bad happened, and no proof that the bad event was related to "overwork". 34 year olds have MI's all the time -- if you work in a cath lab. Just because some government office decides that something is "work related", doesn't make it so. I'm not a fan of ridiculously long hours, but this is not a good argument.
Having worked much longer shifts/hours as a resident, here's what I can tell you: Even with a 30 hour shift, you will not be falling asleep when a patient is crashing. You will be wide awake, fully alert, and not impaired. The problem happens when you're doing something boring, rote, and unexciting. I've fallen asleep when writing admission orders. I've fallen asleep when retracting in the OR.
So, flying a plane when very sleep deprived is a very bad idea. You're very likely to fall asleep. Managing an ICU patient when you're sleep deprived will not be a big issue, although it isn't lots of fun.
In some fields/programs, even though you're on call overnight, you might get some good sleep. Not every night is busy all the way through.
Not all programs are the same. I don't believe in 30 hour shifts. Although the data shows no change in outcomes, I think the data about post call car crashes is good enough that I don't want to be part of it. My program has very little 24 hour call, and hopefully soon will have none. But residents still work night shifts, and whether q4 call is better or worse than 5 nights of nightfloat (night shifts) is a debatable question.
There's no shortage of Adderall amongst pre-meds, I fail to see why it would be any different for med students and residentsAlright you win. I just don't know how anyone can function like that effectively. Adrenaline is one thing but your reaction time decreases, it becomes difficulty to think, etc. Are students loaded up on Adderall and Cocaine like young investment bankers?
Are you joking or serious?The
There's no shortage of Adderall amongst pre-meds, I fail to see why it would be any different for med students and residents
The
There's no shortage of Adderall amongst pre-meds, I fail to see why it would be any different for med students and residents
Same for med students, from my experience.The
There's no shortage of Adderall amongst pre-meds, I fail to see why it would be any different for med students and residents
except i'm not saying you can't make it as a doctor or i feel sorry for their future patients. I'm just saying you can't be a doctor and a lazy person. If you want to be lazy and just have a title, go DNPClassic Burnett's Law.
Initially joking, but I think there isAre you joking or serious?
Getting a script for it is ridiculously easy. I don't personally use it, but my sister gets a script whenever she feels like losing weight. I think it's a lot more common than you may think.Unless you have a prescription wouldn't that show up on drug screens? It must be very few people who are either in a very bad place personally, or some very bad decision making to start doing that.
3000/52=57.69 hours per week (if he didn't have a day off that would mean no vacation weeks); I'm assuming it was the sitting for so long leading to DVT? Doesn't sound like death by "over-working" so much as "over-sitting" lolAre there any cases of doctors dying of cardiac arrest from pulling so many all-nighters? In Japan it is known as Karoshi where people literally drop dead from over-work—and they're relatively young.
Taken from Wikipedia:
In an International Labour Organization article about karōshi,[4] the following four typical cases of karōshi were mentioned:
- Mr. A worked at a major snack food processing company for as long as 110 hours a week (not a month) and died from a heart attack at the age of 34. His death was recognized as work-related by the Labour Standards Office.
- Mr. B, a bus driver, whose death was also recognized as work-related, worked 3,000 hours a year. He did not have a day off in the 15 years before he had a stroke at the age of 37.
- Mr. C worked in a large printing company in Tokyo for 4,320 hours a year including night work and died from a stroke at the age of 58. His widow received workers’ compensation 14 years after her husband's death.
- Ms. D, a 22-year-old nurse, died from a heart attack after 34 hours of continuous duty five times a month.
Oh cmon, 80 per week is really not that bad.
Initially joking, but I think there is
Getting a script for it is ridiculously easy. I don't personally use it, but my sister gets a script whenever she feels like losing weight. I think it's a lot more common than you may think.
Adderall is insanely common on my campus. Especially among pre-meds. I personally don't use it because I feel like if you do, you can never study without it again (esp. for finals). I would not only be un-surprised, but expect it to be common in med school. However, much more low key.
Did you try looking?Are there no laws that govern residency?
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