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ferrusmannusbannus t1_j8xyg3c wrote

Reply to comment by all_akimbo in Penn Medicine residents and fellows want a union, citing grueling workloads and 80-hour workweeks by nankles

New England Journal of Medicine

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1900669

Northwestern University

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/02/longer-shifts-surgical-residents-safe

Jama Study on Handover Mortality https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2589342

Canadian Medical Association

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150209122838.htm

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ferrusmannusbannus t1_j8xy9ep wrote

Reply to comment by OptimusSublime in Penn Medicine residents and fellows want a union, citing grueling workloads and 80-hour workweeks by nankles

New England Journal of Medicine

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1900669

Northwestern University

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/02/longer-shifts-surgical-residents-safe

Jama Study on Handover Mortality

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2589342

Canadian Medical Association

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150209122838.htm

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k0mm13 t1_j8xwf01 wrote

Reply to comment by ferrusmannusbannus in Penn Medicine residents and fellows want a union, citing grueling workloads and 80-hour workweeks by nankles

If you're referring to the iCOMPARE study, that is patently false. There were no differences in mortality, readmission or other patient safety indicators. Interns reported more dissatisfaction with flexible hour programs (i.e., not long shifts) while program directors felt the opposite. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1810642 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1800965

There was similarly no difference in patient outcomes for surgical residents. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1515724

Additionally, it is not the long shifts that are the problem. Almost everyone who does this job knows what they're signing up for at this point since your last 2 years of medical school is spent spending thousands of hours around residents. What people I've talked to have a problem with is being undervalued and abused by the healthcare systems on top of these expectations.

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HowIMetYourMurder t1_j8xvyhe wrote

Reply to renewing my real-id by [deleted]

I brought my passport instead of my birth certificate but they said it “wasnt verified”. So I either had to come back with my birth certificate or have them send my passport to Harrisburg to be verified. I thought they were fucking with me but I guess its a thing in a few states. I looked it up a long time ago but I think it was because because I wasn’t born in PA or something related to that. So I would recommend bring your birth certificate as well.

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petedogg t1_j8xvghg wrote

Reply to comment by marianne215 in parenting in Philadelphia by mrpeaceNunity

We started taking SEPTA to school because my oldest son started going to a magnet middle school. Our commute is Passyunk Sq to Girard Estates. For the first half of the year, either my wife or I went with him (on SEPTA) to school in the morning and picked him up in the afternoon. In the 2nd half of the year, we got him a phone and started letting him go on his own a few days a week.

My younger son got into the same school this year and now they go together. They have lots of classmates who take SEPTA on their own, so there's usually a sizable number of kids who go together, especially after school. Feel free to DM me if you have specific questions!

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