The following will only apply to residents and NOT interns:
Old Schedule:
Night float Thursday 9pm - Friday 7am
Wards Friday 7am - Saturday 7am
Wards Saturday 7am - Sunday 7am
Wards Sunday 7am - Sunday 9pm
Night Float Sunday - 9pm - Monday 7am
New Schedule
Night float Thursday 9pm - Friday 10am (13hour call)
Wards Friday 10am - Saturday 10am (24 hour call)
Wards Saturday 10am - Sunday 10am (24 hour call)
Wards Sunday 7am - Sunday 9pm (12 hour call)
Night float Float Sunday 9pm - Monday 7am
Sunday night throughout Thursday morning, The scheduling will remain the same
What does this mean?
- There will be a 3 hour window where you'll be on call WITHOUT your intern while you admit to the incoming team.
- Example: Night float is on until 10am on Friday morning. A consult comes in at 9am. The senior resident is not available yet but the intern from Platinum team is there already. The night float senior will take the consult information, triage the patient appropriately, then supervise the ward intern during the encounter with the patient. The admission will be to platinum. Once the senior arrives at 10am, there will be a senior to senior sign out.
- Example: Platinum team is now on 24 hour call from Friday 10am to Saturday 10am. A consult is called on Saturday at 8am. The Platinum senior will take the consult, triage the patient appropriately, then supervise the incoming ward intern (Purple) to see the patient. Once the next team senior (Purple) arrives at 10am, there will be a senior to senior sign out.
- We will be using a consult pager that will be passed on from senior to senior. The pager number is 307-2191. This will simplify the process for the hospital to know who to contact for medicine consults.
- This new schedule means you will come 3 hour later on the 24 hour calls so you can leave by 10am and not hit the 24 hour mark.
- We understand this sounds complicated but the alternative more simple approach to avoid >24 hour call is to extend night float from 5 nights to 6 so we can cover friday nights and then have residents that are on non call rotations (Cards, ID, AC, Neuro, etc..) Saturday night float. ---This means you will give up 1-2 weekends off while on non call rotations
If you have any questions or confusion, please don't hesitate to call us or ask questions in the comments.
