Medical residents in greater numbers are joining a union to help them advocate for better training and work environments for doctors; they want better work hours and fairer pay.
"Having a seat at the table for institutional decisions allows us to work together with our institutions to create a healthier, more sustainable work environment," she added. Sir William Osler
"Resident physicians are medical school graduates who are in a training program that is a working apprenticeship," Dr. Jonathan B. Jaffery, chief health care officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges "Their primary role in the program is to be trained, under direct and indirect supervision of a teaching physician, so that upon graduation from residency training, they are prepared to be fully independent practicing physicians.
Penn Medicine, however, advocates for resolution through its existing Graduate Medical Education Committee structure by working directly with the UPHS administration, a Penn Medicine spokesperson told Fox News Digital. That’s almost a 7% increase compared to the current level,"with increases of 7.5 to 11% as residents and fellows move from one year to the next over the course of their multi-year training," the spokesperson added.
Experts remind people that residency also serves an invaluable educational training environment for doctors in training to learn to become independent physicians — but many residents are too overwhelmed with their hospital demands to concentrate fully on learning. DOCTORS REFUSE TO LISTEN TO PATIENTS WITH VACCINE INJURIES: DR. MICHAEL HUANG
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