Call Schedule
Yearly Schedule Daily Structure Call Schedule FAQs ICUs and ED Consults and Electives
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Where Residents Spend Their Time (Month/Year) |
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| Medicine Wards | MICU | CCU | Electives / Specialty Consults | ER | Night Float | |
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PGY1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
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PGY2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
6.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
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PGY3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
Inpatient Service Structure
For our inpatient Staff Medicine services, each team consists of an upper level resident, two interns, an attending and one to two medical students. In addition, there is typically a staff pharmacist and/or pharmacy resident that rounds with each medicine team daily.
Our inpatient services are all generalist admitting teams which provides outstanding case-mix diversity. All inpatient ward teams are led by an experienced clinician educator attending who is dedicated to resident teaching and mentorship.
Our residents are not scheduled for any continuity clinic sessions during their inpatient-based months. Furthermore, we believe that our inpatient call cycle and hybrid nightfloat schedule create an optimal environment for learning while maximizing patient safety, continuity of care and resident satisfaction.
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Team Structure |
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Name of Service |
No. of Residents |
No. of Interns |
No. of Medical Students |
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General Medicine |
1 |
2 |
1-2 |
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CCU |
3 |
0 |
0-1 |
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MICU |
3-4 |
2-4 |
1-2 |
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ER/Clinics |
0 |
1-2 |
Varies |
For our inpatient General Medicine services, our five (5) day call cycle works as follows:
| Short Call |
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| Rounding Day |
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| Long Call |
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| Post Call |
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| Rounding Day |
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Intern Night Float
- All “cross-coverage” of patients is done by a separate night float intern from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- The night float intern does not admit patients but solely handles cross-cover issues and assists with codes
- On average, CMC internal medicine categorical interns will have two 2-week blocks (Sunday through Thursday) plus an additional two weekends of this night float "cross-coverage" in the first year
- Preliminary interns are not scheduled for a night float rotation but are scheduled for approximately 4 weekends / year of night float duties
Resident Night Float
- On average, upper level residents will have two weeks (Sunday through Thursday; 7 p.m. to 8 a.m.) plus an additional two weekends of night float responsibilities per year
- The night float rotation during the PGY-2 and 3 years consists mainly of supervising/assisting an intern as he/she admits patients from the emergency department
- The night float resident also sees overnight medicine consults and serves as the team leader in code situations
