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Archive for October, 2011

Shifting Times

Gopi Astik, MD • October 20th, 2011

Categories: About Residency

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Anyone involved in academic medicine probably is aware of the new ACGME duty-hour restrictions that went into effect  on 7/1/2011. For those of you who aren’t, the new guidelines state that PGY1 residents cannot work for longer than 16 hours straight. If they do work longer, they require strategic uninterrupted naps. The restrictions on PGY2 [...]

Checking It Twice

Gopi Astik, MD • October 17th, 2011

Categories: Cases and Rounds, Clinical Implications of Research

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I always remember my mother trying to teach me things I didn’t agree with. Being the bigmouth that I was (am), I would voice my disagreement, and she would tell me that, one day, I would tell my kids the same thing. I, of course, did not agree. I felt the same way about some [...]