Comments on: Is the hospital July phenomenon a myth?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:56:02 +0000

There is always a senior resident supervising. Also as an intern, you don’t go to the OR to do a case, without any supervision.

By: AnOnymous

AnOnymous — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:52 +0000

Errr…. 52 weeks minus 2 weeks. Sorry I was multitasking when writing that post I guess my year just FEELS like 56 weeks now

By: Michael Rack, MD

Michael Rack, MD — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:29:57 +0000

I guess Obama added 4 extra weeks to the year along with the 7 extra states he added to the US.

By: Brian E. Moore, MD

Brian E. Moore, MD — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:10:21 +0000

Uh…. Last time I checked the calendar, there were 52 weeks in a year.

By: novembermd

novembermd — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:55:47 +0000

PS… I meant that I work 54 weeks a year (56 weeks – 2 weeks vacation).

By: novembermd

novembermd — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:54:18 +0000

That is the biggest bunch of crap I have ever read from two the two docs above. I bet if we look at how many cases you managed versus how many cases I manage I would run circles around you even though you were in the hospital running scut til all hours of the night. The sheer amount of patients that hospitals see compared to the days when insurance and medicare would let people stay for ungodly amounts of time will more than make up for missing at most 15 delirious hours a week. (that’s assuming you guys did 100 hours every week for 54 weeks a year as opp. to my 80-85 hours/week for 54 weeks a year with 2 weeks vacation and q4 call).

By: Brian E. Moore, MD

Brian E. Moore, MD — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:29:17 +0000

Doc99 is right. A November intern in 2009 is equivalent to an August intern in 1989.

By: Doc99

Doc99 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:08:19 +0000

Right … now that housestaff hours are curtailed, the July effect lingers throughout the year. No good deed goes unpunished.