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		shishy on Nov 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is 40 hours a week too much? Medical residents work 80 hours a week. And that's an average over 4 weeks, so they could work 90 easily one week. 40 is nothing...

janef0421 on Nov 17, 2022 | [–]

Medical residents tend to be highly stressed, and these practices were apparently originated by a man who used cocaine in the same manner as coffee.

scaramanga on Nov 18, 2022 | [–]

With patients paying a staggering toll as a result.

Maybe we should work pilots like that... It'd certainly make flying more "fun"

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