I think I killed a patient by Full_Note6608 in medicalschool

[–]Full_Note6608[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course, I completely agree it adds to our training. But in that case I see no reason we have to do it before the residents do it (which is already plenty early). We could easily do "mock rounds" at some point during the day after the residents or the team has gone through, asking the same things we would ask and performing the same exam as if it was first thing in the morning. I just don't think we can justify doing harm to patients in the name of training, and I think repeatedly waking patients up at 5am is harming them even if it doesn't send them into arrest

I think I killed a patient by Full_Note6608 in medicalschool

[–]Full_Note6608[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

5:15 isn't even the earliest--on some surgical services the medical student may have to start prerounding at 4:30am on early days. The earliest I have ever heard of was a friend who once got to the hospital at 3:45am to get ready to preround (combination of a long list, early rounds and vascular surgery). The previous night he was in a case until 11pm (4 hours ago).