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Originally Posted by LawrenceMD 
the 36hr shift is alive and well in the surgical rotations (general surgery and OBGYN). Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
the 36hr shift is alive and well in the surgical rotations (general surgery and OBGYN). Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
the medical rotations have adapted and at worst will have a 18hr shift... but usually have a floating 12 hour shift... hence the spill over of tons of medical school grads who now go into things like derma/pedia/ER med/family med ect... the quality of life is so much better during training.
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there's a bit of a stockholm syndrome thing that happens though because when you talk to your friends when they're PGY-1/2 ect they will look back on those days fondly like fucking idiots.
on surgical rotations you're supposed to be promptly subbed out after your shift is over - but you still have to endorse your patients (sit together with the senior residents) while you go over your cases/patients to the incoming shift.... old school endorsements would have a mean consultant there that would shame you for not knowing the tiniest details about a case - even though most of the time you do know, but you're 36hrs sleep/food/shower/rest deprived to answer coherently.
the best part of surgical internships? if you're at the end of a 36hr duty... and you still have a patient that is going into surgery/going into labor/ect you're actually expected to stay with the patient and do the surgery (it teaches you about patient/case ownership).... so that 36hr duty can easily turn into a 48hr duty or even longer once the surgery is over.
on surgical rotations you're supposed to be promptly subbed out after your shift is over - but you still have to endorse your patients (sit together with the senior residents) while you go over your cases/patients to the incoming shift.... old school endorsements would have a mean consultant there that would shame you for not knowing the tiniest details about a case - even though most of the time you do know, but you're 36hrs sleep/food/shower/rest deprived to answer coherently.
the best part of surgical internships? if you're at the end of a 36hr duty... and you still have a patient that is going into surgery/going into labor/ect you're actually expected to stay with the patient and do the surgery (it teaches you about patient/case ownership).... so that 36hr duty can easily turn into a 48hr duty or even longer once the surgery is over.
do you enjoy looking at strange vajayjays for 36 hours in a row?
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Originally Posted by imatlas
Yes. In large part this is why I am not a doctor. That, and the night that the state police rang our doorbell at 3 AM because our phone was off the hook and the hospital needed to reach him.
Yes. In large part this is why I am not a doctor. That, and the night that the state police rang our doorbell at 3 AM because our phone was off the hook and the hospital needed to reach him.
yowza. i am also not a doc cuz i cant handle the grossies.
