Where Residents Spend Their Time

Medicine Wards Medical ICU Coronary Care Unit Electives/ Subspecialty consults* ER blocks Months without call PGY1 5 1 0 5 1 4-5 PGY2 3 1½ 1 6½ 0 6½ PGY3 3 1 1 7 0 7

Subspecialty Consults- Categorical residents complete all 11 blocks/ 3 years

• Cardiology
• Infectious Disease
• Pulmonary
• Neurology
• Nephrology
• General Medicine (Perioperative Care)
• Gastroenterology
• Endocrine
• Hematology/Oncology
• Rheumatology
• Geriatrics

Electives
Other options include: Research, Travel/International Medicine, Sports Medicine, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Gynecology, Special Procedures, Palliative Care Rotations, Hospitalist blocks, Radiology, Psychiatry, Rehabilitative Medicine, Allergy, Adolescent Medicine, Ophthalmology, Geriatrics, Alternative Medicine, among many others!

• Residents entering General Medicine typically opt for rotations in Gynecology, Dermatology, Orthopaedics, Allergy and Psychiatry.
• Those entering fellowships may choose anything from Endoscopy (for those considering GI) to a month in the cardiac catheterization or Echocardiography labs (Cardiology) to working with private practitioners in those specialties.
• Residents interested in a hospitalist career often spend time with Anesthesiologists, or may do a 'Procedures' elective - and do anything from central lines in the OR to taps with our Interventional Radiologists.
• Both preliminary and categorical residents may choose from all of these options!!

Our flexibility is all part of tailoring your three years to your individual needs.