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I've just finished up my third week of Internship (finally a day off) and am wondering if anyone else is spending >100 hrs/wk at the hospital. A number of us have to begin pre-rounding between 2:30 and 3:00am. When I'm on-call I work between 36 and 38 hrs/shift. Post-call I get out as late as 8pm. I seriously don't think I can take even a few more days of this. My seniors will freq page me to the OR to write transfer/admit orders for pts, while they sit there on their @sses. I'm beginning to think that the 80 hr work week is a complete lie that programs sell during interviews. Anyone else feeling the same? How do you keep going on when you get torn apart by the people you work with, and never have a chance to have any life away from them?
BTW...I'm at a program that isn't typically regarded as "hardcore."
BTW...I'm at a program that isn't typically regarded as "hardcore."