Sleep is a medical necessity

Physician
September 21, 2016

We have all heard the grumblings regarding the 80-hour resident workweek.  This is due to the opinion that jobs after residency typically require hours that surpass 80 hours a week.

But, why?  Why does medicine have to be this way?

I have worked 100 plus hour weeks for over 20 years, and I am exhausted.  I am burned out and I can not catch up because of the sleep deprivation.

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