A lot of the academic programs have enough volume that the residents stay busy. I wake up at 4:30am and I dont get home til 6:30pm. Flexible hours, no night calls, patients who rarely … (At least not for him.) Volume of calls overnight obviously dependent on time of year and patient acuity, but can range anywhere from getting woken up hourly to not getting called at all. We have to try to use the nurses station computers or move a bunch of cows into a room nobody’s using. 15+ Year Member. Conduct of medical examination . 70-90 hours a week, usually on the higher side if I'm night float. I get 4 days off a month. Menu. We work hard but we have a good program and when you are a senior it's pretty damn hard to go over 80 (i.e. UMass Medical School-Baystate COVID-19: Learn about the vaccine, testing, visitor restrictions & more. Super jealous of my friends in radiology that seemingly get EVERY weekend off, but I get to help crack chests open so there's that. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the medicalschool community. Overtime is 40 hrs/wk. First year residents allowed to work 24 hour shifts starting July. That being said, between studying (about 30-40 hours per week), class, and clinical work, there are little pockets of completely free time to be discovered and treasured. ... in 29 hours. Cant name and shame cause I’m not done with residency but my program does not have a resident work room. I'm on trauma right now so it's easily 110-120hrs. And 3 calls of the month are nights. 6. In between all these things I have to find time for the following: That being said I have mad respect for all you guys and the hours you do. Often fun and always rewarding hopefully but like any training program difficult at times. It's cliche, but cliche for a reason. Reply. Overnight: Home call*. On days when I’m attending on the hematology consult service, I’ll meet up with my team of fellows, residents and medical students at 8 a.m., round, see patients, and teach until the late morning. I don't regret my decision. ... Work hours should be further restricted. Yeah when I did my er rotation hours weren't too bad but the flipping made everything worse. MFW a classmate says they want to become a surgeon. I almost went into surgery because I had so many good experiences as an M3 and M4 (did a surgery elective). In summary, after almost a month of chief year: Hardest but best year yet!! Sometimes more sometimes less depending on if they're doing a lax community rotation or something more demanding. Now I go home by 4:30 every day and work 1 Saturday or (yes, or) Sunday a month on call. The emphasis is on pre-hospital care and the acute care aspects of the other specialties. We’re not just talking about donning your comfiest pair of scrubs or shoes here. He says hes glad he went into surgery though. At my medical school, call responsibilities were pretty minimal, and pts with any sort of medical stuff just weren't admitted to the … The … Some will also work in urgent care centers or nursing homes. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Average day (as a chief): 5:15 AM wakeup, coffee, get ready, check the EMR to pre-review vitals/labs on patients6:00 AM rounds7:00-7:30 AM call attendings to discuss plans on existing inpatients7:30 AM First start of the day for OR cases4:00 PM thru 6:00 PM (depending on OR schedule) finish last case of dayImm after - PM rounds6:00 thru 8:00 PM go homeWhatever time I get home thru 10:00 PM - read up on patients, prepare for OR cases, eatOvernight: Home call*. Dr. Claire Wolfe shares insights on her field of practice, work/life balance and more. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the medicalschool community. Ended up liking psychiatry more (go figure) and doing that instead. Physician. In contrast, general surgery is 61 and IM is 56. well, I went into the hospital on July 1st. why the fuck do you people have so many patients?????? I'm a ENT intern, but I'm on a gen surg service right now and I, for the life of me, struggle greatly with remembering all the details for 10-15 patients. May 3, 2004 2,389 2,087 ... antisocial types come in late at night. I get 4 days off a month. 5. You must enjoy what you do to sustain a surgical schedule. Medicine resident here at large academic institution, top middle tier program. Family Medicine is one of the shorter paths in medicine - 4 years of undergraduate work, 4 years of medical school, and then 3 years of residency. Press J to jump to the feed. I work 6-6 x 6 days a week = 72 hrs/wk. Means we get 6 days off, which is more than most of our colleagues, but we have way more flip days/nights/weekends, so it pretty much evens out. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Develop an understanding of the different types of physicians in a hospital including medical students, residents, fellows, and attendings. Five years later I packed up my things and walked out. How would your program answer … I dont get how someone can do this for 5 years + 2 more. wont get many answers because they are all working. 2. Lol you knew what you were getting into. Even in psych, you're not working 40 hours, especially during the first two years. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Depends on the service . I think even career wise Vascular is known to be hard core. Then meet up with them again in the afternoon and see more patients and teach until sometime in the evening. As an ortho resident working 110 hours a week, this post makes me sick. 7. As someone interested in surgery, my only question is, is it worth it? ... 18 hours ago. Dr. Claire Wolfe shares insights on her field of practice, work/life balance and more. Submit a guest ... in 2004 by Kevin Pho, MD, KevinMD.com is the web’s leading platform where physicians, advanced … Welcome to /r/MedicalSchool: An international community for medical students. What medical residents should know about clinical trials Resident physicians need to know about the ethical standards that come with clinical trials. Medical students, like me, submit applications to hospitals and health systems where they would like to work. I work 6 days a week while on wards, do wards 8ish months of the year. Threads like this make me have serious doubts about pursuing a surgical specialty. we do one month of 12s as interns to try it out, 12s are the worst; 10s are infinitely better, would rather do 18 10s than 15 12s (both 180 hours) for sure. Whatever time I get home thru 10:00 PM - read up on patients, prepare for OR cases, eat. If I liked anything else, I would be doing something else. Replied by on topic Re: Ortho Residency Programs Now Ranked by US NEWS That is a ploy by Doximity to get ortho residents and … The people making these rules have financial incentives to continue to take advantage of residents. Some days and weeks are busier than … Posted by 3 years ago. Specialty? Then, if they like what they read, residency committees invite us for interviews. 80-90 hours so far. For the other half, there was no limit on how long residents could work. Yeah it's hard, but so is any other job that eventually pays you a six figure salary (lawyer, consultant, banking, etc). Develop an understanding of the different types of physicians in a hospital including medical students, residents, fellows, and attendings. I personally find it to be a fairly negative experience. Welcome to /r/MedicalSchool: An international community for medical students. Close. Home Education, Research & Faculty Healthcare Education Medical Residencies Emergency Medicine Residency Current Residents Since I spent 9 out of 12 months of the year doing inpatient rotations, this translated to approximately 60 to 80 hours per 6-day workweek for most of the year. 4:00 PM thru 6:00 PM (depending on OR schedule) finish last case of day. Despite our relatively few in-class hours, medical school does take up a frighteningly large proportion of your time. Choosing your specialty is an important decision. Services Offered at the Centres Printing of Residence visa forms. And then there are the ortho and plastic surgery residents in Korea typically working 120+ hours a week during their first year while occasionally getting beaten up by their seniors. 30+ emails a day of scheduling/vacation/other BS), Plan for upcoming week's case and clinic assignments to ensure all staff happy, Actually read and learn some stuff about surgery (not done learning yet...), Try to exercise and keep my fitness level from further decompensating, (Most important/time consuming) take home call on my service for ~300 days out of the year. Non-residents asking for any advice about residency programs should post r/medical school or in another subreddit. First-year residents were restricted to 16-hour shifts, while more senior residents could work up to 28 hours. Didn't feel like a person by the end I was so disoriented. Emergency medicine training also enc… Medical resident work hours refers to the shifts worked by medical interns and residents during their medical residency. The dream. *Home call: Responsible for about 10-20 patients on average but have an intern or PGY2 in house. Colin Son is a neurosurgical intern who blogs at Residency Notes. That being said, its hard. ... and how much of their work is devoted to education rather than independent practice. Emergency physicians treat all age groups in a myriad of conditions with varying degrees of severity. Emergency medicine is the specialty that focuses on the recognition, evaluation, and care of patients who are acutely ill or injured. So, without further ado, let’s get started with our tips on how to survive being on-call and working overnight as a medical resident (and beyond): Feel Comfortable. More often, I'd say 80-90hrs a week is quite normal, with occasional variation down to 70hrs or 100hrs. Press J to jump to the feed. Basically working every other day. New or anonymous accounts are allowed but must be reviewed which can take up to 24 hours. As per the rules of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in the United States of America, residents are allowed to work a max of 80 hours a week. 6:00 thru 8:00 PM go home. A 3rd year I know said he generally gets about 50-55 hours a week, this being at one of the busier county ER's. Our interns do 17-18 shifts per month. On average, I worked 11.1 hours each day: 8.46 hours per day if I was on scheduled shift work such as in the emergency department or urgent care and 12.93 hours per day if I was on Inpatient Wards. In fact, a recent study shows that moderate sleep deprivation — after 17 to 19 hours of wakefulness —can produce impairments similar to those of … on medicine wards (IM), I'm working at least 12 hour days, and 14 hrs on call days q4, 6 days a week. Residents work 40–80 hours a week depending on specialty and rotation within the specialty, with residents occasionally … I've heard this advice but when I asked the surgeon I'm shadowing if its actually good advice he said that not necessarily. We're also trained to work in either a hospital or in an outpatient office, although many (not all) will choose one or the other. My work days are on average 12 hours days and work about 75hrs per week. If you can see yourself doing ANYTHING besides surgery, do that. Intern going into a surgical sub, but current on vascular getting worked pretty hard. And 3 calls of the month are nights. Archived. Lifetime Donor. ... the medical cousin of the surgical FIRST trial, to come out before making changes across the board for both surgical and nonsurgical specialties? 13 12-hour shifts this month, 4 hours of conference on Thursday mornings. I have a wife and baby at home. The averages come out to 72 hours per week as attendings. It is a high-pressure, fast-paced and diverse specialty that requires a broad base of medical knowledge and a variety of well-honed clinical and technical skills. In between all these things I have to find time for the following: keep up on updates for the existing inpatients throughout the day from interns/PAs/NPs, Field various calls from high maintenance attendings to micromanage the patients, Educate/involve/entertain the medical students, Review labs/pathology reports for recently operated on patients, Manage administrative chief duties (i.e. The resident doctors will also require to be on call duty not exceeding 12 hours at a time. An AMA education module aids that teaching process. No targeted harassment against individuals, organizations or other reddit subs. Find out what it’s like to specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Gen surg intern here. It's damn common here in Korea with medical specialties working 80-90 hours for the first 1-2 years and surgical specialties working 100-130 hours for the first 1-2 years. I wake up at 4:30am and I dont get home til 6:30pm. According to the study protocol, the primary hypothesis of the research addresses the safety of patients: it assumes that 30-day patient mortality under the increased residents’ duty hours (allowing shifts of 30 or more consecutive hours) will not significantly exceed patient mortality under the current mandated standard for medical residents on duty (for first-year residents, a maximum of 16 … Even with the work hours. I know the senior in my program aren't working as many hours as our vascular fellows, that's for sure. He said he could see himself doing EM but he like surgery more so he did surgery. So 1 matches to C and Mr 3 is left holding his dick in his hands. if you're not taking frequent in house call). My old roommate told me he worked like 20 hours last week (pgy1). We have no spot to meet up and run lists, nowhere to sit down and eat while working, and nowhere attendings could (if they wanted to) do teaching. Groove Member. And here I am as a gen surg intern doing 14 hr shifts almost daily. I try to actually log my hours honestly and I can say I have not gone over 80 in a very long time. Medical Examination for Residency You can complete your medical examinations regarding the issuance of a residence visa at a medical examination centre near you, which provides you with service in the least time and effort. Gen surg? I remember him telling me he'll end up averaging 60 hrs a week over the year. Imm after - PM rounds. I work on average about 70–80 hours a week. My fellow resident is getting some of my floor work done but none of my notes. I've met 4th year residents who have really easy schedules or do a lot of moonlighting, but even then it's not exactly a part-time job. on medicine wards (IM), I'm working at least 12 hour days, and 14 hrs on call days q4, 6 days a week. 258. 18x ten hour shifts plus 4x five hour lecture blocks (Thursdays) every 28 days. As a non traditional student with a family, who enjoys what he does every day, I can say I made the right choice, but had I gone to med school 5 years younger I probably would have chosen surgery and loved it too. At the same time, program directors submit to the NRMP a list of applicants, ranked in order of preference, whom they have interviewed and wish to train. It’s arduous, but it’s what we signed up for, and the lifelong benefits are well worth the temporary efforts. Does it get easier? You want the scratch, you do your time. Short Coats vs. Long … Vascular fellows, and attendings are on average about 70–80 hours a week, on. 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