Weekends

[DrRobert]

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I'm curious what the weekends are generally like at the hospital you work at or train?

At our teaching hospital Saturdays are brutal. It's pretty much a regular OR day with cases scheduled to 5-7 PM. Then the trauma and "emergency" cases start going into the wee hours. Sundays are a little better with less scheduled cases but still a lot of "emergency" cases.

I hope things get better in private practice because weekend calls suck right now.

 

[coprolalia]

I'm curious what the weekends are generally like at the hospital you work at or train?

At our teaching hospital Saturdays are brutal. It's pretty much a regular OR day with cases scheduled to 5-7 PM. Then the trauma and "emergency" cases start going into the wee hours. Sundays are a little better with less scheduled cases but still a lot of "emergency" cases.

I hope things get better in private practice because weekend calls suck right now.

Ditto. I once switched a call (Sun to Sat) with someone to do them a favor. Never again.

-copro

 

[nociceptor]

I'm curious what the weekends are generally like at the hospital you work at or train?

At our teaching hospital Saturdays are brutal. It's pretty much a regular OR day with cases scheduled to 5-7 PM. Then the trauma and "emergency" cases start going into the wee hours. Sundays are a little better with less scheduled cases but still a lot of "emergency" cases.

I hope things get better in private practice because weekend calls suck right now.

Sundays slow, sunday nights very busy. Saturdays are a mixed bunch.

 

[coprolalia]

Sundays slow, sunday nights very busy. Saturdays are a mixed bunch.

Problem is that if you work Saturday, you don't have a post-call day. Completely screws up your entire weekend. Saturday call is like punishment.

-copro

 

[loveumms]

At my hospital it's ortho ALL day Saturday and Sunday (and the ortho here is SLOW, SLOW, SLOW) with a little trauma mixed in too. Most of the time it calms down but, if traumas start rolling in that can mess up the whole night.