<p>A general surgery residency is 5 years. Call schedules are among the most brutal of all residencies, some times a 24 hour shift every two days (though this is less common than it used to be before the 80 hour a week cap). That 80 hour a week limit is an average over the month, and so if you do have to undertake q2 call shifts, then you’d likely get some sort of week off or alternating call weeks or something.</p>
<p>I’m at my parent’s house right now, so I don’t have access to my full resources, but I’ll post more info tommorow.</p>