A Massive Workload
One of the most amazing physicians I've ever known told me that he is currently managing an inpatient service of 60 patients, including several ICU patients. He has a cadre of well-trained aggressive medical students to help him, but no residents. He is the attending of record for each of these patients, not a consultant.
I've never heard of such a caseload, and I can't imagine trying to keep up with all of those patients. I gave him three more admissions today, unfortunately.
I've never heard of such a caseload, and I can't imagine trying to keep up with all of those patients. I gave him three more admissions today, unfortunately.
Labels: medical
posted by scalpel at 1:06 AM
5 Comments:
Good grief. I don't care how many medical students are hanging around...that's awful.
I am a medical student and it makes me sick to my stomach to think that they have such responsibility on their untrained, inexperienced shoulders.
That is really awful. No one - no matter the profession - can effectively manage that kind of workload indefinitely.
It shows poor management somewhere.
Unfortunately, someone will pay dearly for this sooner than later. More than likely some unsuspecting patient with their life.
Of course nobody but the doctor and the patients family gives a shit so nothing will ever be done about it.
The hospital administration will just pay off the law suit and go on as if nothing happened.
At least the level of professional medical care here in the USA is better than in most other countries.
Rocking in the USA!
WoW! That's too much but he allows it.
No matter how good...people are only human. I hope pts aren't compromised.
If he works 10 hours a day, that's 10 minutes per patient. Take away time finding the charts, traveling to different patient rooms, bathroom breaks, answering pages, reading consultant reports, writing notes, etc. and he can't spend more than a couple of minutes with each patient. Yowza.
Post a Comment
<< Home