The work of a physician is extremely demanding both mentally and physically. So rest is crucial for our best performance benefit. But during our rigorous training we sacrifice sleepless nights despite fatigue for the apparent benefit of our training but it's now obvious that this practice may be harmful to our clinical performance. Current residents in training have benefited from restricted work hours but this has yet to be adopted for attendings in practice. So until then we must make it a point to take breaks throughout the work day, get at least 7 hours of sleep, and go to the spa when we can! Food for thought. Check out the article below.
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/12/physicians-ignore-fatigue.html
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