Check out this NYT’s article on residency training hours. What the author doesn’t mention is that – despite the mandatory maximum 80-hour work week – many residents are working more. The residents have no incentive to report this to the Residency Review Committee (RRC) because they don’t want to find themselves in unaccredited programs. The incentives are misaligned, leaving the residents without recourse.
Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to
stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more
