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2019-04-25

O is for overworked. Or maybe Overwhelmed?

The number of commitments residents are expected to attend to is inhumane, in my opinion. On top of working an average of 60-80 hours a week, we also are expected to attend to our outpatient clinic patients, study for yet another step exam, fulfill random requirements, and do enough research to get a publication and/or posters to ready us for fellowship. There’s precious little time for ourselves. Despite spending all my time taking care of people, I’ve had a lot of trouble scheduling appointments for myself and find that I frequently have to ask for coverage to do so ! (I don’t know how my colleagues in specialities that are even more demanding of our time do it!) As a consequence, I often feel guilty when I take the rare chance to relax and do nothing, because there are still things I “should” be doing. How can we change the culture of medicine to be more hospitable to having a life?

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