Jocelynk Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Year 3 & 4 students What hours do you really work in the hospital? How long are your days and when your work "day" is over, how long do you get off before you have to head back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kels Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Hi Jocelyn, It totally depends on the rotation. I can comment on what I've been doing so far in 3rd year and what my friends are reporting... My inpatient peds had me at the hospital doing 11 hour days (7am-6pm) on non-call days, and 28-32 hour days for on-call days (7am-whenever your work is done). Then I would have 1 day off on the weekend (occasionally 2 days off - depended on the call schedule). Now for outpatient peds - pretty slack, but depends on the rotation. My latest was working 8-4 or 9-5 with no call - so the year varies a lot depending on what you are doing. Some rotations may have home call and not be busy at all; others like inpatient peds, obs/gyn; internal etc means you're lucky to get 2 hrs of sleep in. It really depends on the site and the service! Hope this is helpful. Kels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotRice? Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Like Kels said, it totally depends on the rotation, on what's scheduled on that specific day, on which hospital you're at for the rotation, on how keen you are, and sometimes on how nice the residents are. So far, my shifts had ranged from 4/5 hours to 28 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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