– Junior doctors fight for shorter working hours
The professional association of doctors has agreed on a shorter working week with the Integrated Psychiatry Winterthur (IPW). Other hospitals are likely to follow.
Published today at 5:30 am
At the Integrated Psychiatry Winterthur-Zürcher Unterland, shorter working weeks will apply for interns from January.
Photo: Madeleine Schoder
For many, being a doctor is a dream job. But before you can have your own practice or become a senior doctor, you have to spend at least five years as an assistant doctor. And this can quickly become a nightmare. “Sixty, seventy, even eighty hours a week are not uncommon,” says one affected person who, among other things, worked at the Winterthur Cantonal Hospital (KSW).
2023-12-20 21:21:02
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