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Originally Posted by Dirty Harry
How is it that doctors, while in their residency programs, are able to go 30 or 36 hours with little or no sleep while on call and not kill their patients? My guess was polyphasic sleep with these little naps throughout the day and night.
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Just because they're able to operate at a functional level, doesn't mean they're operating at a maximal level. They don't kill their patients because (especially in the beginning), because they're HEAVILY supervised. When hours worked is taken into account, residents basically get paid minimum wage. There's a reason for that.