Clinics

During the three year residency, residents spend 35 % of their time in Out Patient rotations, including two General Medical continuity clinics, an afternoon clinic, and also an evening clinic, three ambulatory block rotations and Emergency Department.

Ambulatory Block Rotations
During ambulatory block rotations, residents rotate to subspecialty clinics in medicine as well as other specialties, such as office Gynecology, Dermatology, office Orthopedics, office ENT, out patient Psychiatry, Rehabilitation Medicine, Adolescent Medicine, and Ophthalmology.

Call Responsibilities
Call and night float schedules follow guidelines established by RRC Residency Review Committee, and the Hospital and the Department. No resident is assigned more than 80 hours (RRC) of patient care duties in a week. No resident is allowed to stay in the hospital after a 24-hour work period. Every resident is assigned a 24-hour period off from all duties each week. In Inpatient General Medical services, call is every fourth night. There will be one or two calls per month during elective or ambulatory rotations. These calls are short calls only.

Night Float:  
Sundays to Thursdays, 8:00 PM to 8:00 AM (following day)

Short Call:  
Mondays to Thursdays, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Long Call (12 hours):  
Sundays and Holidays, 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM 24 hour Call: Fridays and Saturdays, 8:00 AM to 8:00 AM (following day), in the Intensive Care Unit, night call is every third night.




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