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According to the article in Taiwan 5x12 and even 6x12 or worse is considered expected.
by sudosysgen 5y ago
According to the article in Taiwan 5x12 and even 6x12 or worse is considered expected.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoyeah, that is definitely rough for American standards and probably not sustainable. After going back to the article, the confusing part is that the hours are so inconsistent. I wonder if they are running 3x 8 hour shifts and people need to stay longer to cover vacancies or close out problems that occurred on their shift.
- secabeen 5y agoThey may also be running into the issue that physicians and residents do: hand-off errors. I have seen arguments that it's better to have an exhausted physician who has been monitoring you for 12+ hours than a fresh one who just started their shift. There's a lot of state of the current situation that can't be easily transmitted from one shift to the next.