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Even medical residents are wary of the proposed changes, and some are reluctant to give up their exhausting schedules, which many deem necessary for learning. Dr. Erika Roshanravan, a first-year resident in the family-medicine program at the University of Washington in Seattle, agrees that getting more sleep is crucial but thinks it makes little sense to mandate a five-hour nap in the middle of a shift. With patients' cases still fresh in the mind, and with the awareness of having get back to work soon, Roshanravan thinks few residents would actually get any rest. A better solution...
...John Scales, a first-year resident at the University of Florida who will begin his training in radiology this summer, says more sleep would enable him to better retain everything, "to consolidate some of the learning that happens on an almost daily basis," he explains. But he worries that more mandatory rest could mean missed educational opportunities. "More days off always sounds nice, but it distances us from what is going on in day-to-day patient care. A lot can change in 24 to 48 hours," he says...
...Then the economic crisis set in, and as legal work across the country has dried up, many large and mid-sized firms have turned to a surprising cost-cutting strategy: paying incoming first-year associates - whose starting annual salaries at Manhattan firms is $160,000 - not to show up. So far this year, Marshall and hundreds of other third-year law students at prestigious schools have seen their job start dates pushed back anywhere from just a few months to a full year, leaving those affected scrambling to find other options to fill the time off. "To get my stipend...
Damali E. Brown, one of the two first-year students chosen to lead the program after its creators graduate, said that the leaders wanted to make sure that—while involving as many students as possible—they did not overextend the program in a way that limited benefits for the organization...
...have some layoffs in [the upcoming fiscal year],” he said. Jackson emphasized Monday that any decision to lay off workers would be carefully weighed “to make sure it’s the right choice.” But according to labor activist and first-year law student Marissa A. Vahlsing, the school has already initiated de facto staff cuts, asking subcontractors to cut their expenses, which has resulted in job losses and the summer closure of a cafe in the basement of Harkness Commons, the Law School student center. Student labor activists present...