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100 hour work week. Now Neurosurgeon Residents work week is 80 hours/week and will go down to 60 hours/wk probably soon (as for all residencies/fellowships).
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Yes, those are the official rules. I suspect more often than not they are bent in surgical fields, especially neurosurgery. 80 hrs/week is also an average over a month. So there are certainly weeks where you will exceed 80 hrs and then hopefully, weeks where you can fall under so the average comes in at 80. Regardless, residents who routinely state they must "clock out" at 80 hrs are not going to be looked upon favorably in surgery.
I've heard rumors of the 60 hrs/week regulations. I find it hard to believe. In an era when more and more people are complaining about escalating student debt, extending residency is not going to be done easily.