Thread: Begging to let the cheap laborers "doctors" take a deserved nap.

New doctors still too tired for safety - Health care- msnbc.com


is working them to the max good for their patients???

Medical Residents Must Sleep After 16 Hours, Experts Urge

woo hoo......

more patient handoffs seems to be a problem though....

I know after working a couple of back to back 10-hour shifts, I have a hard time functioning. I can only image what 30 hours does to your comprehension and critical thinking. I think a revamping of the current systme would be a good idea.

having worked at least one 36hr shift a week on my OB core, i can tell you that you aren't even a person after 24hrs, just a zombie. i'm glad i didn't drop any babies.

for those of you in clerkships, or rotations, for how many hours do you usually work/study/scut/retract-man's best friend/etc????

Im still in basic sciences, but would like to gauge how much time do you really "work" while still a med student in 3rd and 4th years.

Interns wiling to share are more than welcomed too.


I really cannot comment properly on the work hours issue cuz i understand the different pros and cons of the new 80hour rule and the previuos 100plus.

man's best friend= ******..

the 80/100 hr rule doesn't apply to medical students, only residents (as i was told repeatedly by my surg/OB attendings). each clerkship/elective is different, and each attending is different. you can work anywhere from 20hrs/week to 40hrs/week to 100hrs/week.

Is that what they did back in their day and consider that the new ones must pay their dues the same way?

i doubt it. seemed like the ones that i saw simply wanted to take out their frustrations.