CMAJ • September 28, 2004; 171 (7). doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040528.
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Preparing physicians for the real world

John C. Acres

Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, NS

I read with interest the article by Christopher Parshuram and associates1 about fellowship training. My question is this: How do you prepare a 60-year-old physician to work 30 hours continuously with no sleep, in a job where he or she is the most responsible referral physician for a population of 130 000, without doing something similar in the residency program? That is the reality of life for older physicians in the area where I work.

John C. Acres Cape Breton Regional Hospital Sydney, NS

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  1. Parshuram CS, Dhanani S, Kirsh JA, Cox PN. Fellowship training, workload, fatigue and physical stress: a prospective observational study. CMAJ 2004;170(6):965-70.[Abstract/Free Full Text]




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