clinicals work

[kofi]

how many hours a week do you work during clinicals?

[Spencer Wells]

From my experience it can vary from firm to firm, but generally it's going to be 9-5 (or 8-5 for some specialties), with Wednesday afternoons off, and the occasional evenings, nights and weekends.

[Simon]

It can vary hugely. We don't get Wed afternoons off; that was only 1st-3rd year. I think it's mostly 8/9-4/5, but a friend of mine is doing 8-8s, some require you do nights or lates, etc etc. Consider a full-time job.

[kofi]

thanks for the replay

[kofi]

is there a number of set hours you can work a week. for example does the EU guidelines of 40/42hours a week apply for clinical years?

[Renal]

They only apply to employees, which students aren't.

Not that it really matters, as a student you wouldn't (and shouldn't) do that much.

[gimperial99]

Student nurses and physios actually work when they are on the wards, medical students don't. It is very variable. Its what you make of it. A lot of students are lazy and never turn up. But then again the standard of doctors are dropping fast.