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    Residency is a period of training after medical school where graduates practice medicine under supervision. Residencies typically last 3-7 years. Residents are notoriously overworked, reporting over 80 hours per week with minimum wage compensation. While regulations limit hours to 80 per week, residents say facilities do not follow this and hours must be underreported. Long hours directly correlate with medical errors and health issues. Residents have a crucial role in passing regulations as the future of healthcare depends on them.

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    Residency is a period of training after medical school where graduates practice medicine under supervision. Residencies typically last 3-7 years. Residents are notoriously overworked, reporting over 80 hours per week with minimum wage compensation. While regulations limit hours to 80 per week, residents say facilities do not follow this and hours must be underreported. Long hours directly correlate with medical errors and health issues. Residents have a crucial role in passing regulations as the future of healthcare depends on them.

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    LongHoursandUnfairCompensationDuringResidency

    Onceonecompletesmedicalschool,theymoveintoaperiodoftrainingcalledresidency.
    Duringresidency,medicalschoolgraduates(MD's)practicemedicinehandsonwiththe
    supervisionofanattendingphysician.Residencytypicallylaststhreeyearsfornonsurgical
    specialtiesandbetweenfourandsevenforsurgicalspecialties.

    Notoriously,residencyisassociatedwithbrutalworkhoursandlowcompensation.
    Residentstypicallyreportworkingover80hoursperweek,beingoncallcontinuously,and
    receivingminimumwage.Tocombatsomeoftheissuessurroundingresidency,the
    AccreditationCouncilforGraduateMedicalEducationhasenactedalimitationstatingmaximum
    workhourscannotexceed80hoursperweek.Workshiftsarelimitedto16hoursforfirstyear
    residentsand24hoursthereafter.Evenwiththisregulation,residentsstillclaimtoworkover
    hourlyrestrictionsperweek.Inarecentconversationwithalocalsurgicalresident,the
    individualstatedthatnoonefollowsthe80hoursperweekruleandwehavetobediligentwhen
    loggingourworkhourstopreventupsettingthefacilityresidencycoordinators.

    Withthisbeingsaid,isithealthybothmentallyandphysically,topracticemedicinefor
    over80hoursperweek?ShouldaMedicalDoctorcompletingresidencybecompensatedaslow


    astheminimumwage?Thesearethetypesofcontroversialquestionsbeingaskedwithinthe
    UnitedStateshealthcaresystem.

    Sleepdeprivationdirectlycorrelateswithincreasedmedicalerrors,decreasedlearning
    retention,andvarioushealthissues.Basedonthesefacts,residentsworking80ormorehoursper
    weekareexposedtoincreasedrisks,however,theselonghoursareinplacetoincreaseresidency
    selectivityandreducecostsformedicalfacilities.Inadditiontocontributingintheseareas,
    residencyisacrucialperiodoftrainingwhichcandrasticallyaffectaphysician'sscopeof
    practice.Whenconsideringtheprosandconsofthisopposition,Ibelievethemedicalresidents
    shouldhaveastronginfluenceinpassingregulations.Theirvoiceshouldbeoftheutmost
    importanceasthefutureofhealthcarerestsintheirhands.

    Authoredby:DevynGreen

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