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Originally posted by DoctorDoom
My experience was different. Cross covered at least two services every night, one of which was subspecialty like ortho or urology and had no idea who the patients were until I got called. Had to see every patient to make sure I didn't miss something. It was exceptionally rare to get any sleep on call
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okay...now cut down your work hours so instead of covering two services you have to cover four on your call nights... do you think you could see all the patients you are called about if your patient load on call doubled??? covering two services kept you from seeing the call room....where will the time come from to see all the new patients added to your call night coverage census??
In your case I would say the 80 hour work week would be increasingly dangerous as you certainly wouldn't have the time to cover extra patients than the demands previously placed since you already were using all time allotted and not getting any sleep.
is this making sense to anyone?