The First Grueling Year of Being a Doctor

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
80-hour workweeks, exhaustion, mental and moral challenges: the first year of medical residency is one of the most harrowing of a doctor’s professional life. Dr. Sandeep Jauhar writes about his own difficult residency at a busy New York City hospital in Intern.

Event: Sandeep Jauhar will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, January 17 at 7 pm
Barnes & Noble in Manhasset
1542 Northern Boulevard, Manhasset, NY

Weigh in: Do you think it’s a good idea for medical residencies to be so intense? How do the long hours and fast pace affect patient care?

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