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Carolyn Anderson  Why Doctors Should Be Allowed To Work Part-
Time  Posted: 06/21/2011 12:26 pm  I recently read Karen S.
Sibert's op-ed in the New York Times called, "Don't Quit This
Day Job." In it, Sibert, an anesthesiologist, argues that
doctors, in particular female doctors, should stop working part-
time as there is a shortage of doctors and our education is
subsidized.  As an ophthalmologist currently compressing my work
week into three long days a week, I disagree with many of her
points and would argue that the solution for our overworked
health care system is not to overwork physicians themselves.
Overworked doctors may suffer health problems themselves and --
as a result -- may offer a lower quality of care than doctors
who are free to work a flexible schedule.  The Implications of
Less Flexibility  While I know Sibert is not arguing for a law
that would mandate full-time work for physicians, even just
returning to the expectation that all