http://www.medrants.com/archives/2518 Contemplating medicine and the health care system Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:17:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.medrants.com/archives/2518/comment-page-1#comment-528525 Juan Llovera Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:07:53 +0000 http://medrants.com/?p=2518#comment-528525 Well, I'm a medical student in Venezuela... Mostly our shifts end at midnight, but some clerkships ask for us to stay at the ER after that. I'm very frustrated because as the lack of residents in hospitals continues to grow, they are using us to work harder than the should ask us for. The worst part is that we can't even complain, because there isn't any rule we can use in our defense and we are not paid for our WORK! Well, I’m a medical student in Venezuela… Mostly our shifts end at midnight, but some clerkships ask for us to stay at the ER after that. I’m very frustrated because as the lack of residents in hospitals continues to grow, they are using us to work harder than the should ask us for. The worst part is that we can’t even complain, because there isn’t any rule we can use in our defense and we are not paid for our WORK!

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