Limiting resident work-hours

The beginning of the end of medical education: “I fear that the “professional educators” are pushing medical education over a cliff, from where it may never recover.”

Remember, there are no work-hour restrictions in the real world.

Comments

Anonymous
make sense, after the ivory tower killed primary care, why not move on to medical education itself.
Anonymous
I have no problem with the notion that ways can be found to impart the necessary knowledge within 80 hours. What I fear is lost however is the necessary ethical stance of total responsibility for the patients care. In my QA work I am shocked at the complete rejection of final clinical responsibility displayed by some of the younger docs. “That isn’t my job” is actually a common response to quality of care problems. A growing number think that it isn’t their place to check up to see if orders are carried out–only to write them.

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