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Originally posted by FATPad
What exactly is the point of making doctors work 36 hour shifts?
I would think being dead ass tired and making decisions that affect people's lives is not the best combination in the world.
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There is a certain mentality that working those sorts of schedules has a toughening effect, shows what you're made of.. a bootcamp mentality. Ironically current knowledge contradicts this. After 24 hours without sleep you're as impaired as someone with a .10 blood alcohol level whether its the first time you've been without sleep or the 500th, you never get used to it.
You are right about the mistakes by impaired, sleep deprived residents. They happen, and they can be deadly.
The mentality is changing, but as with all entrenched mentalities, its changing slowly.