Collection No. 01
Collection No. 02
The Week, Accounted For
One hundred and sixty-eight hours, as doctors actually spend them.
From the editors
Ask a doctor how they spend their week and you will hear the rota. Ask them to write it down, hour by hour, and a different picture appears: the commute, the charting at home, the hour lost to a phone, the evening that went better than expected.
Each piece in this collection is one real week, logged as it happened by the doctor who lived it, charted, and printed as kept. No ideal weeks, no routines to copy. Just an honest look at where the time goes.
In this collection
In preparationTime
The week, accounted for: a surgical resident
One ordinary week, all 168 hours of it, logged as it happened and printed as kept.
In preparationTime
The week, accounted for: a family physician who works four days
What the fifth day became, and what it cost.
Contribute to The Week, Accounted For
Willing to log one ordinary week for us? Every specialty and stage is welcome, including students. We will send a simple log sheet, and you approve the piece before it runs.
More collections
Collection No. 03
Collection No. 04
A Working Knowledge
Short guides to things worth knowing well, written by doctors who do.
3 pieces in preparation
The Handover
New pieces, every Sunday.
The Handover brings one considered letter a week, including whatever has been added to The Week, Accounted For.