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His only new upload breaks down proposed scheduling changes that could take effect in July 2028.
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ACGME Changes: Removing Residency Rest Limits
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- 0:32Proposed changes remove between-shift rest protections, shorten post-call recovery and loosen overnight-call limits.
- 1:17The ACGME cites scheduling flexibility and reduced administrative burden; Jubbal questions the trade-offs for residents.
- 2:53Jubbal recalls duty-hour violations during his first days as an intern in 2017.
- 4:14He examines the FIRST, iCOMPARE and ROSTERS studies on shift length, handoffs and fatigue.
- 5:35He remembers nearly backing into another car after a 34-hour shift.
- 7:48He urges prospective doctors not to let the proposed changes alone determine whether they pursue medicine.
The changes aren't final. Kevin Jubbal's new upload, "ACGME Changes: Removing Residency Rest Limits", examines a proposal that would loosen protections around medical residents' shifts, not rules that have already taken effect.
He explains what would change: removing the eight-hour break between shifts, shortening recovery after a full day of in-house call, and dropping the every-third-night limit on overnight call. The ACGME's stated rationale includes scheduling flexibility and less administrative burden. Jubbal's concern is who absorbs the cost of that flexibility: "I think residents are the ones who pay for it."
The analysis gets personal when he recalls duty-hour violations during his first days as an intern in 2017. Later, he remembers nearly backing his car into another vehicle after an exhausting shift. Alongside those experiences, he examines research on fatigue, handoffs and shift length, making this more than a read-through of proposed regulations.
The video reached roughly 12,000 views and is drawing the strongest daily audience among his active uploads. Residency remains a thread through the back catalogue, too: "US Doctors Share How Residency Broke Them" is next among those videos, followed by his explanation of why endocrinology's fascinating subject matter didn't make it the right career fit.
Across the channel, weekly views totaled about 51,000, while subscribers were unchanged. Daily viewing is below its usual pace. That weekly audience sits close to Mic the Vegan and Dr. Fuhrman among nearby health channels, while ADHD Love is having a much larger week.
For Jubbal, the practical message to prospective doctors isn't to abandon medicine over the proposal: "Either way, don't let this decide whether you go into medicine."
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