I'm genuinely concerned that so many residents are worried about burnout. Is this a shift in culture? When I was a resident we were just too busy learning medicine and too worried trying to not look incompetent during AM report. We didn't have time to worry about burnout.
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
Exactly. I did my surgery residency before work hour restrictions, with 100+ hour weeks, going months on end without a day off, q2-3 night call, etc. On one rotation during my 4th year I got about 4 hours sleep over the course of 5 days. I was tired and cranky all the time.
1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes -
There were two times when I thought I couldn't take it anymore and almost quit. One time I even went to talk to program directors in other departments to see what it would take to switch residencies. Fortunately I made it through, but it could very easily have gone the other way.
2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes -
So, this is one old fart who doesn't romanticize the old days before resident work for restrictions at all. I'm happy that today's residents have a more humane work environment than I did when I was in their shoes.
1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes -
Replying to @gorskon @AmerMedicalAssn
I think training now is VERY different than the days when you trained. And, I would argue, that's for the better. But training now isn't impossible like it's being made on the this thread.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
That's a MASSIVE straw man. NO ONE said that training is impossible. It wasn't even impossible back in my day, just far more abusive than it is now.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.