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*YnD*Lewis — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:48:00 -0000

What??? I'll take 56 hours a week any day. Low??? You can only absorb so much! It's like studying that extra 4 hours for a test, and you end up not improving your score at all. And you know what? 56hours a week means you're going to be scheduled for 80 hours a week, so it evens out. lol.

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Anonymous — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:45:00 -0000

why stop at 56? why not 40?

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ck — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:04:00 -0000

I'm gonna go with halfmd on this one. 56 hours a week is low. I guess I agree in principle with the 80 hours a week -- it's the exposure that is educational. However, the manner that it is carried out (>12 hour shifts) is not conducive at all to learning. How about 6 days a week, 12 hours a day?

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halfmd — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:59:00 -0000

Some job -- the abuse from attendings and residents, the lack of appreciation from patients, the constant threat of being sued, the declining salary, the people who think that they can learn more from Google than from us... Yep, sounds like a real disaster of a calling to me.

56 hours a week does sound a bit low. I'd be willing to put the cap up at 65. Don't tell me that 80 hours a week is conducive to learning. There is no way that during a 30 hour shift residents can continue to learn once hour number 16 approaches.

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Doctor David — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:46:00 -0000

Another sure sign that medicine is becoming "just another job." It used to be a calling... something special. Now it's just a way to earn a paycheck. Sad.