All call responsibilities comply with the requirements of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
G-1 residents: Call is rotation dependent. There is no call during outpatient family practice, inpatient family medicine, gynecologic surgery or ophthalmology rotations. Pediatrics, obstetrics and surgery all utilize a night float system.
G-2 residents: Short call is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. once a week while on the inpatient service. Weekend call can be 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. Fridays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, or 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Saturday night. Weekend call is a 12-hour shift. Altogether, there are approximately 20 calls in a year. While on your six-week continuity obstetrical rotation, you will not be asked to take regular call.
G-3 residents: Similar to G-2 schedule above, except there is no obstetrical rotation in the G-3 year. As pediatrics chief, residents take two weekend day calls over the course of the rotation.
Night float: The night float resident is in-house from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m., Sunday through Thursday. There is always an assigned backup person to help if needed.
Obstetrics backup: We encourage our residents to support continuity in patient care from their first year. Nowhere is this more important than in our longitudinal obstetrical patients. Every effort is made for the primary resident following an obstetrical patient to be integrally involved in all aspects of prenatal care and the birthing process. The resident should be available for management of labor and delivery with an attending once their patient has reached their due date, unless prior arrangements have been made for resident coverage. Continuity OB patients are assigned in a block and residents cover a six-week block for the year.
