tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383460782750567059.post8963860151275585798..comments2023-08-16T06:11:17.570-07:00Comments on A Trainee's Musings on Health Care and Beyond: Home Call, Take 2The Lone Coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718579151410824297noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383460782750567059.post-3658085538459609012009-05-20T08:41:09.260-07:002009-05-20T08:41:09.260-07:00RAG - it seems that here too the surgical subspeci...RAG - it seems that here too the surgical subspecialties have it the worst with home call. Ophtho especially gets slammed at most places from what I hear. I cannot believe this year is about over.<br /><br />Grumpy - I'm not surprised to hear that going back in still hurts as an attending. I would imagine it might be even worse in a way. At least as residents we have come to expect our outside lives to be continually disrupted during our training.The Lone Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718579151410824297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383460782750567059.post-77007864517723896852009-05-16T11:30:00.000-07:002009-05-16T11:30:00.000-07:00I'm an attending, in practice for 10 years, and lo...I'm an attending, in practice for 10 years, and love being at home with my family.<br /><br />BUT- what you have written here still holds true. I HATE being dragged back in to the hospital from home. As a result, when I'm, on call, I will hang out in the doc lounge and surf, or go to my office (next door to the hospital) and do paperwork, to keep from going home.<br /><br />My house is quite close to the hospital, but drives me crazy to have to go back to work from there.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383460782750567059.post-5645359837346807802009-05-08T12:12:00.000-07:002009-05-08T12:12:00.000-07:00I think the NSGY residents have to take home call ...I think the NSGY residents have to take home call as well, which means they're at the hospital all day and night. Basically they are q2 call for the entire 7 year residency and work 100 hours or more a week, but they skirt the ACGME rules with "home call" designation. I'm glad that my program doesn't do a lot of home call, but we do have designated residents to be 1st, 2nd (these two are inhouse), 3rd, and 4th call residents. R3 and R4 are usually at home, but can be called in at any time - so it's essentially home call as well.<br /><br />Just under 2 months for internship to be over and done. Can you believe it?Resident Anesthesiologist Guy (RAG)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02279676329474145951noreply@blogger.com