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Usually I mark #ResidentAwarenessWeek with a cheeky post about us needing awareness before we can ask people for appreciation
This year that feels insufficient.
Join me for a different take on Resident Awareness - A 🧵
This year that feels insufficient.
Join me for a different take on Resident Awareness - A 🧵
Resident WORKING CONDITIONS Awareness
We are a large proportion of frontline MDs. We regularly work wildly long hours. In Ontario that includes up to 7 26h call shifts and two full weekends in a 28d block.
Post call is often our only time for appts and personal care.
We are a large proportion of frontline MDs. We regularly work wildly long hours. In Ontario that includes up to 7 26h call shifts and two full weekends in a 28d block.
Post call is often our only time for appts and personal care.
Our shifts can be relentlessly busy without time to eat, drink, or sit down.
On call residents in ICU were noted to be more oliguric than their patients.
This study is meant to be lighthearted but represents how we ignore our physiological needs
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
On call residents in ICU were noted to be more oliguric than their patients.
This study is meant to be lighthearted but represents how we ignore our physiological needs
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
