Comments on: medical students not socializing enough? http://www.mudphudder.com/2008/11/medical-students-not-socializing-enough/ an academic medicine weblog Fri, 18 May 2012 02:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: mudphudder http://www.mudphudder.com/2008/11/medical-students-not-socializing-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-20 mudphudder Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:36:38 +0000 http://www.mudphudder.com/?p=765#comment-20 "The difference between God and a doctor is that God knows he is not a doctor." Ha ha ha! Humor aside, I did not do residency before the 80 hour work week mandate (I think it was about 5 yrs ago) but I have many friends who did and all say that 100-120 work weeks, while excruciatingly painful, were very beneficial to their medical training. I'm up in the air. I can see both sides of the argument--it is a fine line to walk. “The difference between God and a doctor is that God knows he is not a doctor.” Ha ha ha!

Humor aside, I did not do residency before the 80 hour work week mandate (I think it was about 5 yrs ago) but I have many friends who did and all say that 100-120 work weeks, while excruciatingly painful, were very beneficial to their medical training. I’m up in the air. I can see both sides of the argument–it is a fine line to walk.

]]> By: Dr Shock http://www.mudphudder.com/2008/11/medical-students-not-socializing-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Dr Shock Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:13:32 +0000 http://www.mudphudder.com/?p=765#comment-16 If you want to have "patients lives in your hand"why is it that 80 hours workweek or more are not prohibited. Anyone with some common sense knows that functioning for such a long time on stretch has consequences for the capabilities, judgment etc for any human being. Pilots know that to. The difference between God and a doctor is that God knows he is not a doctor. If you want to have “patients lives in your hand”why is it that 80 hours workweek or more are not prohibited. Anyone with some common sense knows that functioning for such a long time on stretch has consequences for the capabilities, judgment etc for any human being. Pilots know that to. The difference between God and a doctor is that God knows he is not a doctor.

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