Comments on: Unconscious Competence in Medical Training http://brainblogger.com/2007/04/16/unconscious-competence-in-medical-training/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives Tue, 22 May 2012 08:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: staghoundshttp://brainblogger.com/2007/04/16/unconscious-competence-in-medical-training/#comment-173736 staghounds Wed, 14 May 2008 19:48:27 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/04/16/unconscious-competence-in-medical-training/#comment-173736 That exhausted doctor/nurse thing always struck me as almost the very stupidest aspect of U. S. medical practice.Truck drivers:· operate a truck or bus in interstate commerce no more than 10 consecutive hours before taking a minimum 8 hours of off-duty rest time which may be split into two unequal periods in a truck sleeper berth;· be on-duty no more than 15 total hours in any 24-hour period, of which no more than 10 hours may be spent driving; and,· drive no more than 60 hours in any 7-day period or more than 70 hours in any 8-day period.The important feature of the current HOS rule is that it permits commercial truckers alternately to drive a maximum of 10 hours straight and to rest for a minimum of 8 hours until reaching 60 hours of driving in seven days or 70 hours of driving in eight days. This permits as much as 16 hours of driving in any 24-hour period on an 18-hour drive/rest schedule.Pilots: 1200/year, 120/month/34/week , all maxima.But some punchy M.D. can tell me how much of what drug to take when I wouldn't let him drive my car. That exhausted doctor/nurse thing always struck me as almost the very stupidest aspect of U. S. medical practice.Truck drivers:

· operate a truck or bus in interstate commerce no more than 10 consecutive hours before taking a minimum 8 hours of off-duty rest time which may be split into two unequal periods in a truck sleeper berth;

· be on-duty no more than 15 total hours in any 24-hour period, of which no more than 10 hours may be spent driving; and,

· drive no more than 60 hours in any 7-day period or more than 70 hours in any 8-day period.

The important feature of the current HOS rule is that it permits commercial truckers alternately to drive a maximum of 10 hours straight and to rest for a minimum of 8 hours until reaching 60 hours of driving in seven days or 70 hours of driving in eight days. This permits as much as 16 hours of driving in any 24-hour period on an 18-hour drive/rest schedule.

Pilots: 1200/year, 120/month/34/week , all maxima.

But some punchy M.D. can tell me how much of what drug to take when I wouldn’t let him drive my car.

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