Father’s a doctor, my mom and I used to sleep with him during his duty days. Was constantly getting knocks, doesn’t matter what time of the day it was or if he was sleeping.
Shouldn’t proper sleep be important for doctors? He’s a surgeon and the room we were in was very close to the E.R, I’m assuming he does work there (still not sure to this day, was a little kid back then).
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Doctors have to be available in the middle of the night because emergencies also happen at night. They take turns being “on call” like your dad was, and they sleep normally on their days off and on normal work days.
Practice!
Also, if you want to give doctors uninterrupted sleep, you need more doctors. They’re more expensive than people want to pay for.
We’ve evolved to function under constant stress with little sleep for survival reasons.
Imagine our ancestor resting after escaping a predator. If bad luck happened and another predator spotted them, those who could get up and mobilise enough energy for another escape survived.
But that only works for a while.
I hope your dad got enough rest between those shifts or it is likely to have taken a toll on him/his health.
You may not want to know the answer to this question: [Poorly.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1200708/)
i finished my residency in march and have since gotten a corporate job that is 9-5, but I still have a lot of issues sleeping. the truth is that medical school and residency is pretty demanding and sleep becomes second on the priority list
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