Advisory Board November 11, 2024
Although older doctors are used to long hours and always being on-call, younger doctors are now pushing back on what they call “outdated expectations of overwork” — leading to friction between the generations.
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A job or a calling?
For decades, many doctors viewed their profession as a calling, leading them to work long hours and punishing schedules to provide patient care.
However, younger doctors are now “pushing against what they view as outdated expectations of overwork,” the Journal writes. More younger doctors are now looking for three- or four-day schedules or virtual work instead of being on-call all the time.
Joel Katz, SVP for education at Dana Farber Cancer Institute...
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