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		matheusmoreira on April 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: When did 7 interviews become “normal”? > Want to become a doctor? Study for 12-15 years. Yeah, and all of those years are filled with constant punishment. In my experience it was common for medical students to have depression, severe anxiety, panic attacks before and after tests and exams. Binge drinking was extremely common after. At least two students committed suicide. A glimpse into US medical school life: https://web.archive.org/web/20101218031844/http://www.medsch... Definitely not something to be emulated.

dharmab on April 4, 2022 [–]

Fun fact: Residencies are modeled on a doctor who dedicated his life to hospital work and routinely worked long shifts with no sign of fatigue.

Turns out he was addicted to cocaine.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828946/

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