What type of hours are you working? Do you go home early when told to??

[nope80]

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I'm wondering what type of hours everyone is working? I'm on OB right now and I get in at 5:45am and am usually done at 6:30 pm. Today they let me out early (4:30) and I was wondering how normal my hours are. I felt bad and didn't know how to handle it when my intern was like okay, you can go home now. It was 4:30 and two hours earlier than usual - is it okay to go? He definitely meant it but I just didn't know...

Also, how long do people typically spend in the OR straight at a time? We have cases back to back and it gets soo tiring just standing there for hours upon hours!! especially when you haven't eaten🙁

 

[Jumpin JAK STAT]

When someone tells me to leave, I do it. Rhetorical question: would you stay if they told you you had to?
I always ask if they're sure/if there's anything they want me to do first though.

 

[jdh71]

I don't send students home unless everything is done and I think they should go. This isn't some sort of sick, twisted mind-****. When your resident tells you to go, go. You don't get extra points for sticking around, I promise.

 

[45408]

Right now, the path residents are telling me I should go home, and it's 9am. LOL, the rough life. I'm gonna work on my presentation and leave, I guess.

 

[Slide]

When the resident says "go home" or "i'll see you tomorrow", I leave right after I finish whatever work I have left (dictations, notes, etc.) If the resident really wants you to stay and do stuff, she'll gladly keep you around, and if they're playing mind games, it won't matter what else you do. Never be that one guy that stays 5 hours behind when everyone else has been permitted to leave; the residents laugh at you and your classmates will hate you for being a jerk.

 

[Substance]

Why stay? Third year sucks enough as it is, don't make it longer than it has to be.

If your resident lets you go, go.

I let all my students go super early so they don't have to scut around and waste time fetching crap and dealing with superbitchy ancillary staff. Their time is better spent reading(and I know they're reading because I give them chapters to read and test them on it😉

 

[ZagDoc]

When the resident says "go home" or "i'll see you tomorrow", I leave right after I finish whatever work I have left (dictations, notes, etc.) If the resident really wants you to stay and do stuff, she'll gladly keep you around, and if they're playing mind games, it won't matter what else you do. Never be that one guy that stays 5 hours behind when everyone else has been permitted to leave; the residents laugh at you and your classmates will hate you for being a jerk.

Agreed. I'll generally stick around for a few, maybe update the census, finish up some notes, etc. But if your work is done, they're giving you the all clear, and there's nothing left to do that you as a med student can really help with, then get the F out of dodge.

As for hours... well I'm on surgery right now and my days typically run 4:45am to 7:30pm. Some morning I'm in 1/2 hour earlier/later. Some nights I'm out 1 hour earlier/later. Call once a week. Longest day I worked was from 4am to 10pm.

 

[jdh71]

Agreed. I'll generally stick around for a few, maybe update the census, finish up some notes, etc. But if your work is done, they're giving you the all clear, and there's nothing left to do that you as a med student can really help with, then get the F out of dodge.

As for hours... well I'm on surgery right now and my days typically run 4:45am to 7:30pm. Some morning I'm in 1/2 hour earlier/later. Some nights I'm out 1 hour earlier/later. Call once a week. Longest day I worked was from 4am to 10pm.

heh . . . I don't let my students anywhere near the check-out list

 

[doogoshly]

so far i've only been on internal medicine and i'll leave after i make sure there's nothing left i can do, whether it's scut, editing the pt list, or orders for AM labs or discharge orders i can write.

 

[NontradICUdoc]

I am about to finish Family Medicine. I start at 8am and usually end around 3:30pm. But then there are messages to answer, Rx to refill, and labs to review. This takes about 30 minutes or so. But when my attending says good night, there but for the grace of god go I.

 

[Sophie]

I definitely leave whenever I'm told to, after a "there isn't anything else you need help with?". I did that throughout all of third year, always told people what specialty I'm interested in rather than saying I'm going into whatever rotation I was on or giving the "I don't know, I like everything!" answer, and never kissed up. And my evals were almost all honors. Honestly, I think residents and attendings can see through that crap, and your fellow med students definitely can. Work hard, of course, but don't do anything just for the sake of looking good.

As for hours, it completely depends on the rotation, but OB/Gyn is usually one of the worst. If you don't get time for meals, you can bring a granola bar or some other snack that you can leave in your white coat and eat between cases.

 

[JStub]

If they say go home, it means once you're done with your stuff, don't page me. They aren't bluffing to see if you leave. I work anywhere from 3 hours a day to 26 hours (on call)