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According to a study of 4,510 obstetric-gynecologic residents, 71.3% reported sleeping less than 3 hours while on night call. [4] In a survey of 3,604 first- and second-year residents, 20% reported sleeping an average of 5 hours or less per night, and 66% averaged 6 hours or less per night. [5]
The Bell Commission recommendations that attending physicians should be present at all times and limiting residents to 80 hours a week and 24 hours at a time were adopted by New York in 1989. Implementation of the recommendations caused some hospitals to introduce doctors who worked overnight to spell their colleagues. [ 15 ]
Gawande wrote this during his general surgery residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and was published in 2002 by Picador. [1] The book is divided into three sections: Fallibility, Mystery, and Uncertainty, all going in depth into the problems physicians may face when practicing a variety of procedures in medicine. [ 2 ]
The ex-wife of a Los Angeles doctor has been arrested over his alleged "ambush-style" murder, alongside four other suspects. On Thursday, Dec. 12, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) shared ...
Veronica Brown lived with chronic fatigue, depression, and anxiety for over 10 years before she learned they were early signs of Parkinson's disease. Here's how she found relief after diagnosis.
At one Narcotics Anonymous meeting, Patrick ran into two young women he knew from rehab. Those women could be bad news, he confessed to his mother one afternoon in their kitchen. Let’s get out the NA schedule and find a different meeting, Anne offered. Patrick told her he’d already found a later one to attend. He had it covered.
Part 1 of the memoir culminates with Puri being accepted into a fellowship program in palliative and hospice care at Stanford University while she finishes her last few months of residency in internal medicine at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. In Part 2, Puri transitions into her role as a fellow, which begins ...
A $10,000 investment in Costco 10 years ago would be worth $81,960 today with dividends reinvested in a tax-advantaged account -- more than double the S&P 500's performance over this period. ^SPX ...