tooty Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Hey, I've been reading a lot about how residents can moonlight up to 70hrs per month at $100/hrs etc. to make extra cash. Now I'm curious about just how much of a time commitment is a residency? I know it depends on your specialty. Could some of you post the amount of time per week you spend on the [resident] job? How can you pull off moonlighting for even 40 hrs a month?! I was under the impression that all the residents work like slaves and get paid like slaves and have to eat like slaves etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 LOL eat like a slave...what do u mean by that? Eat the scraps left by the staff? LMAO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackJack Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 LOL eat like a slave...what do u mean by that? Eat the scraps left by the staff? LMAO. ...or the nurses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooty Posted May 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 LOL eat like a slave...what do u mean by that? Eat the scraps left by the staff? LMAO. hehe. i added that in for kicks. but seriously folks. what's the deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickdraw_mcgraw Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Surgery resident: 7am rounds, OR's 8-6pm three days per week=33 hours or clinic 8:30-4pm two days per week=15 hours 2-3 nights per week on call- additional 6-14 hours each night=12-39 hours So, roughly, 33+15 +12=60 or the higher number 33+15+39=87 hours 60-87 hours per week approximately involved in patient care and learning. 168 hours per week, Leaving 81- 108 hours for sleep and life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughboy Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Surgery resident: 7am rounds, OR's 8-6pm three days per week=33 hours or clinic 8:30-4pm two days per week=15 hours 2-3 nights per week on call- additional 6-14 hours each night=12-39 hours So, roughly, 33+15 +12=60 or the higher number 33+15+39=87 hours 60-87 hours per week approximately involved in patient care and learning. 168 hours per week, Leaving 81- 108 hours for sleep and life. Plus weekend call from time-to-time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooty Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 168 hours per week, Leaving 81- 108 hours for sleep and life. That's pretty sik. I wonder how that compares with other residencies.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuralDoc Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 For rural FM residents, it varies by rotation: When doing the FM blocks: 8:30- Round on a few patients you have in hospital 9:30-12:30 Clinic 12:30-1:30- Lunch (yes, we really do get a lunch break at my clinic each day) 1:30-4 or 4:30 Clinic Evening- Free or choose to do extra training with docs in emerg or ob etc. You have tons of time to use for your interests in medicine, whether they be extra time in a special area or self directed learning (which can be bad if you are not motivated). Emerg: Believe it or not, there are only about 14 8 hour shifts per month! I have actually requested that this be increased, since I don't think we learn enough with so little time on this rotation. You can always head back to your home hospital, and do extra learning time there if you want. Currently: IM with hospitalists in a community based setting: 8:00 Arrive, divide up new admissions 8-3:00 pm See patients on your list. You have lots of time to read up on them and research medical topics that are relevant during the day. By 2:00, you can usually head home and answer any pages by phone. If you are on call (once a week and one weekend day every other week), then you stay longer. But even then, you have lots of time to study and can answer pages from home, just returning to admit a few patients if needed. Every Wednesday, you also head back to a home base for half a day of behavioural science/teaching. You also spend a day every other week seeing patients in your home practice. Second year is even more flexible, since you get selectives, electives, and more FM time. Rural FM residents have a lot of flexibility and can adjust their schedules to meet their interests and goals. It is nice to be there because you want to...and not have a heavily predetermined schedule that you don't like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooty Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 For rural FM residents, it varies by rotation: When doing the FM blocks: 8:30- Round on a few patients you have in hospital 9:30-12:30 Clinic 12:30-1:30- Lunch (yes, we really do get a lunch break at my clinic each day) 1:30-4 or 4:30 Clinic Evening- Free or choose to do extra training with docs in emerg or ob etc. You have tons of time to use for your interests in medicine, whether they be extra time in a special area or self directed learning (which can be bad if you are not motivated). Emerg: Believe it or not, there are only about 14 8 hour shifts per month! I have actually requested that this be increased, since I don't think we learn enough with so little time on this rotation. You can always head back to your home hospital, and do extra learning time there if you want. Currently: IM with hospitalists in a community based setting: 8:00 Arrive, divide up new admissions 8-3:00 pm See patients on your list. You have lots of time to read up on them and research medical topics that are relevant during the day. By 2:00, you can usually head home and answer any pages by phone. If you are on call (once a week and one weekend day every other week), then you stay longer. But even then, you have lots of time to study and can answer pages from home, just returning to admit a few patients if needed. Every Wednesday, you also head back to a home base for half a day of behavioural science/teaching. You also spend a day every other week seeing patients in your home practice. Second year is even more flexible, since you get selectives, electives, and more FM time. Rural FM residents have a lot of flexibility and can adjust their schedules to meet their interests and goals. It is nice to be there because you want to...and not have a heavily predetermined schedule that you don't like. So are you in FM or IM or both? By 'FM blocks' you mean in clerkship right? It sounds rural IM is pretty chillaxorz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinknoodle Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 So are you in FM or IM or both? By 'FM blocks' you mean in clerkship right? It sounds rural IM is pretty chillaxorz I think RuralDoc explained it well in their post. They are a rural family medicine resident and residents do rotations in family medicine (=FM blocks), internal, emerg, etc as part of their training. If I have misinterpreted your post, RuralDoc, please let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooty Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I think RuralDoc explained it well in their post. Or you could have just called me a moron. I'm not familiar with the lingo. Thanks for clearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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