For a country which crows about it being the largest democracy in the world,US Medical system is more dictatorial than any other system in any other country.
Let us be fair, and cut the Bull shit
Medical residents are free/cheap/slave labor. Whatever you may put on the paper we all know what actually happens in real life in any residency program.
if an airline pilot is restricted then a resident shouldn't be expected to work in an efficient fashion for more than one and a half times more. the Medical teachers specially the peers the second 3rd years and the chief residents are the ones who subtly convey to the other junior residents that going home when ones shift is completed is considered not " Proper"
No more than 12 hours of all kinds of work in 24 hours and no more than 40 hours in a week.
No retaliation against residents who avail what is legally their rest time .
Shame on all other Hypocritical medical education leaders who are trying to split hairs.
"Current FAA regulations for domestic flights generally limit pilots to eight hours of flight time during a 24-hour period. This limit may be extended provided the pilot receives additional rest at the end of the flight. However, a pilot is not allowed to accept, nor is an airline allowed to assign, a flight if the pilot has not has at least eight continuous hours of rest during the 24-hour period."
“On the other hand, a 2013 survey of surgical residents found that a large majority were chafing under the limits then in place and that some admitted to falsifying reports to conceal the fact that they had worked longer than permitted.”
“a large majority were chafing under the limits then in place”
Did they ask why?
Is it because these guys are supermen? Cloned from mother Teresa Or is it because surgical consultants are a little more sadistic and vengeful than their medical colleagues ?
Dr.Hariharan Ramamurthy .M.D.
Howard County Community Clinic, Big Spring, TX , USA
IRSI /Quality Healthcare and longevity
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