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Some residents may not be adhering to the rules. While a study by the group that accredits residency programs found that only 3% of residents worked more hours than the rules allowed, Harvard sleep researchers found that 80% of residents they surveyed worked excess hours.
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I would really like to see data on how much resident moonlighting went up after the work hour restrictions started.
It really is infuriating that the residents can’t spend the night in my hospital taking care of my patients – too many hours of work.
Apparantly doing the same thing in a building across town for $800 a night is just fine.
I know the rules don’t allow moonlighting (they count as pt care hours) but these are not enforced. Who are we kidding?
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