Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much?
by technofiend on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @10:42AM
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>You would likely have to extend residency based on everything that you need to learn for a given specialty.
I would challenge that assumption because I don't believe there's any consistent number of hours worked by residents in rotation, is there? I mean there are published schedules and then there are actually the number of hours worked which at least according to the other posters is even more than scheduled. So if there's already an element of randomness here and different doctors are getting different numbers of in-rotation hours then it's plausible hours could be made consistent and reduced, isn't it?
Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much?
by antidesitter on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @09:45AM
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I believe the GP is talking about increasing the number of doctors, not their years in residency.
You learn how to do your entire specialty during residency. If you cut the number of hours, you have the same amount to learn in less time.
Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much?
by MereInterest on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:18AM
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That's on the assumption that amount learned per hour remains constant as hours worked increases.
Given the choice, I'm not sure someone whose 4-year earning potential is capped at $60k with $200k in student loans would want to extend that to 5/6/7 years.