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Our residents do work 80+ hour weeks. Until recently, it was 100+ hours.
by stephencanon 13y ago
Our residents do work 80+ hour weeks. Until recently, it was 100+ hours.
- aioprisan 13y agoIt's still ~100 hours a week: 6 days at up to 16 hours = 96 hours/week.
- stephencanon 13y agoThere’s a cumulative “in-hospital” time cap of 80 hours/week (88 for neurosurgical residents). In practice, however, this means that (a) the cap is regularly broken or (b) residents end up doing preparatory study, reading papers, doing research, etc outside of the hospital to remain under the cap. They are still working more or less the same hours. Also, the 16 hour/day rule is only for interns, IIRC. Resident shifts can go up to 30(?) hours.