His response was matter-of-fact; he would rearrange the on-call schedule and her schedule to make it possible for her to take time off to have her baby.
CL specialties were chosen for their acceptable hours of practice and mostly acceptable on-call schedule.
All physicians were successfully trained in teams that mirrored their on-call schedule.
Using on-call schedule records, elective exposure data was collected on all residents included in the study.
Less common variables influencing career preference were physician-patient interaction, advice from faculty or friends, and on-call schedule.
Among rural physicians from British Columbia, 35 of 195 (18%) were planning to move to an urban setting; among these physicians, the heavy on-call schedule was the most important factor in their decision to leave [ 4].
* Chi-square test for the difference between males and females Factors of particular importance to female students compared with their male counterparts were "on-call schedule" (p < 0.005) and focus on community health (p < 0.0005).
The concept originally came from two doctors in the group who wanted to organize their on-call schedules to provide more time with their families.
In e-mails, memos and court testimony, Citizens Medical administrators and doctors, who declined to be interviewed for this article, describe fractious relationships between themselves and the three cardiologists as they debated on-call schedules, compensation and leadership roles.
This resiliency is part of a tough-minded medical culture — forged in round-the-clock residency shifts, constant on-call schedules, and workplaces in which revered doctors made decisions and staff members followed orders — that is fast disappearing.
In contrast to large surgical or medical programs that can work out flexible on-call schedules, small specialty programs with two to four residents per hospital will be decimated by the new forced work hours.
