Rotations & Call Schedule
Typical Resident Schedule
Below are outlines of schedule requirements for each program year.
Inpatient Wards (2-3 months)- Hematology-Oncology (1 month)
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit / Intermediate Care Nursery (2 months)
- Newborn Nursery (1 month)
- Emergency Medicine (1 week of nights and occasional afternoon shifts per clinic month)
- Ambulatory Pediatrics (3-4 months)
- Outpatient Developmental (1 month)
- Pediatric Surgery (1 month)
- Continuity Clinic (one half-day per week)
Night Call:
We use a night float system shared among the interns for the following rotations:
- Wards
- NICU/ICN
- Pediatric Surgery
- Emergency Medicine
Vacation: 2 two-weeks
Hematology-Oncology (1 month)- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (1 month)
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (1 month)
- Sedation (2 weeks in either 2nd or 3rd year)
- Emergency Medicine Day Shifts (1 month)
- Emergency Medicine Night Shifts (2 weeks)
- Community Pediatrics (2 weeks)
- Adolescent Medicine (1 month in Year 2 or 3)
- Wards Night Float (2 weeks)
- Electives (4-5 months)
- Continuity Clinic (one half-day per week)
Night call:
- Ward – 2 weeks night float; 1 month of days with 28-hour cal
- NICU: 1 week of nights
- PICU – Nightfloat system; 28-hour call on Fridays and Saturdays
- Electives – every 4th-9th night clinic calls from home until 9 PM and occasional ED/NBN/NICU weekend shifts
Vacation: 2 two-weeks
Inpatient Wards (2 months)- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (1 month) – Procedural elective with limited call/rounding responsibilities
- Wards Night Float (2 weeks)
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (1 month)
- Emergency Medicine Night Shifts (2 weeks)
- Adolescent Medicine (1 month in Year 2 or 3)
- Electives (4-5 months, including subspecialty rotations)
- Includes split coverage of after hour clinic phone triage until 9pm
- Continuity Clinic (one half-day per week)
Night call:
- Ward – 2 weeks night float; with few 28-hour calls on Friday and Saturday
- PICU – Nightfloat system; 28-hour call on Fridays and Saturdays
- Electives – every 4th-9th night clinic calls from home until 9 PM and occasional ED/NBN/NICU weekend shifts
Vacation: 2 two-weeks