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Second Day of Deadly Protests Over Koran Burning

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Renaissance_Man4/02/2011 4:55:13 pm PDT

re: #330 calochortus

It may work well for some people and you’re entitled to your opinion, but it is a situation where it is easy to forget to follow up on a test, or just not be as sharp as you need to be.
Most physicians do not work those kinds of hours without a break in their professional lives. ER doctors and some surgeons may, but they usually get to go home and sleep at some point.

For the vast majority of people, learning while seriously sleep deprived isn’t really effective. One is exposed to information but it just doesn’t ‘stick’. Besides, doctors of all people should know that sleep deprivation is very bad for one’s health.

It is. But there just isn’t any other way in medicine.

There’s just too much to be done, especially in a teaching hospital. Nobody wants to stay longer than they have to. Yes, if we stay, we might make a couple of mistakes. With any luck, someone else will catch them before they get out of control. But if we go, things don’t get done at all, and then people die.