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Are students on 3rd and 4th year rotations asked/expected to work on major holidays like thanksgiving and christmas?
I have worked on little holidays like Valentine's Day, St.Patricks Day, Halloween.
I think it's pretty school/hospital/attending specific. I've never worked on a major holiday (Christmas, Thanksgiving, Labor Day, 4th of July, Memorial Day, Easter) because my base hospital just gives students those days off. I have worked on little holidays like Valentine's Day, St.Patricks Day, Halloween.
Also, at MSUCOM, we get two weeks off over Christmas/New Years.
I've never heard of a med student who didn't get the xmas to new years week off.
Well, now you have. My DO school doesn't have a winter break of any kind.
We do get Xmas Day and New Year's Day off. In third year my resident told the students not to come in Christmas Eve, either, but that wasn't official policy.
ETA: For 3rd and 4th years, I mean. 1st and 2nd years do get a winter break.
A LOT of med students work labor day, memorial day, easter and a lot of schools/hospitals don't consider any of those amongst the "major holiday"s. Thanksgiving is hit or miss and lots of people who get that day off will be working the following day. I've never heard of a med student who didn't get the xmas to new years week off.