Comments on: Resident work hour restrictions http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/09/resident-work-hour-restrtions.html medical blog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:56:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/09/resident-work-hour-restrtions.html/comment-page-1#comment-87341 Anonymous Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/09/resident-work-hour-restrictions-3.html#comment-87341 I'm just a commoner, one of the people you guys signed up for med school to "help." Just stopping by to say what's up. I find it weird that you guys bicker about work hour restrictions. <br/><br/>Why don't you ask your patients? Tell them the whole truth. Both sides, no hiding any facts. <br/><br/>Tired, groggy, resident who's seen more vs. alert resident who's seen less. <br/><br/>How much more can you learn after hour 16 of your work? I'm wondering because I'm an Engineer. After 8 hours of math problems in my cube my mind shuts down, I walk to the window and look out, then I walk back to my cube, then I walk to the bathroom and sit on the toilet for much longer than nature calls, then I walk around. I also day dream. By hour 12 I'm just stare at my pen and pad. I don't think I'm weak, maybe just human. Are doctors human? I’m just a commoner, one of the people you guys signed up for med school to “help.” Just stopping by to say what’s up. I find it weird that you guys bicker about work hour restrictions.

Why don’t you ask your patients? Tell them the whole truth. Both sides, no hiding any facts.

Tired, groggy, resident who’s seen more vs. alert resident who’s seen less.

How much more can you learn after hour 16 of your work? I’m wondering because I’m an Engineer. After 8 hours of math problems in my cube my mind shuts down, I walk to the window and look out, then I walk back to my cube, then I walk to the bathroom and sit on the toilet for much longer than nature calls, then I walk around. I also day dream. By hour 12 I’m just stare at my pen and pad. I don’t think I’m weak, maybe just human. Are doctors human?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/09/resident-work-hour-restrtions.html/comment-page-1#comment-87244 Anonymous Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/09/resident-work-hour-restrictions-3.html#comment-87244 Are we sure that this isn't some back door way of justifying paying less to those "rich, whiney doctors"? Its easier to cut someone's paycheck when that person didn't have to work so hard to complete training. Of course that person's skills won't be worth as much anyway... Are we sure that this isn’t some back door way of justifying paying less to those “rich, whiney doctors”? Its easier to cut someone’s paycheck when that person didn’t have to work so hard to complete training. Of course that person’s skills won’t be worth as much anyway…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/09/resident-work-hour-restrtions.html/comment-page-1#comment-87243 Anonymous Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/09/resident-work-hour-restrictions-3.html#comment-87243 This is idiotic. The only way to reduce the number of work hours is to have more residents or more extenders. But, you can't get more residents if you're in violation of work hour restricts.<br/><br/>As an MS3, I wasn't looking forward to my surgical rotation, but looking back I would not have been able to learn 1/2 of what I did if I had been on an 80 hour work week. The notion that residents can learn enough in 80 (or heaven forbid 56) hours/week is insane. This is idiotic. The only way to reduce the number of work hours is to have more residents or more extenders. But, you can’t get more residents if you’re in violation of work hour restricts.

As an MS3, I wasn’t looking forward to my surgical rotation, but looking back I would not have been able to learn 1/2 of what I did if I had been on an 80 hour work week. The notion that residents can learn enough in 80 (or heaven forbid 56) hours/week is insane.

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