I. Inpatient Ward Services - UIH
A. General Medicine Services - 3
- 1 attending, PGY2 supervising resident, PGY3 teaching resident, 2 interns, 0 - 3 students
- Service call q 3; Intern and resident call q6
- Night float intern begins @8p to do cross coverage and admit if necessary; clinic cancelled during night float rotation.
- Renal fellow admits and follows routine dialysis patients.
- All resident post-call clinics are cancelled.
- Post-call resident, intern and students leave by 1pm the day following overnight call; service responsibilities are covered by the remaining resident, intern and students.
- HIV patients supervised by the ID attending
- Intern cap: 5 admissions/24 hour period
- Resident cap: 10 admissions/24 hour period
- All housestaff and students must have one day off per week, averaged over the 4-week rotation.
B. Geriatrics
- 1 attending, 1 fellow, 1 resident, 1 intern, 0-2 students
- Resident: no call; Intern covers night float on Friday.
- Overnight patients are admitted by the General Medicine admitting team; the Geriatric intern must write an admission note the next morning
- All housestaff and students must have one day off per week, averaged over the 4-week rotation.
C. Non-malignant Hematology and Oncology
- 1 attending, 1 fellow, 1 resident, 2 interns
- Subspecialty call: Resident admits until 5pm Monday - Thursday; q4 coverage on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from noon - 5pm (i.e.q8); MOD moonlighter takes call Monday - Thursday from 5p to 7am; Intern call q6.
- Intern clinic is cancelled post-call; Resident clinic is cancelled on Monday post-call.
- Post-call housestaff leave by 1pm the day following overnight call; service responsibilities are covered by the resident (except Monday post-call), remaining intern, and the fellow; service responsibilities on a post-call Monday are covered by the intern, the noon - 5pm admitting resident and the fellow.
- Intern cap: 5 admissions/24 hour period; 8 admissions/48 hour period
- Resident cap: 10 admissions/24 hour period
- Oncology fellow admits all 'head and neck' protocol patients
- All housestaff and students must have one day off per week, averaged over the 4-week rotation.
D. Leukemia/BMT
- 1 attending, 1 fellow, 1 resident, 1 intern
- Subspecialty call: Resident admits until 5pm Monday - Thursday; q4 coverage on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from noon - 5pm (i.e.q8). MOD moonlighter takes call Monday - Thursday from 5p to 7am; Intern call q6.
- Intern clinic is cancelled post-call; Resident clinic is cancelled on Monday post-call.
- Post-call housestaff leave by 1pm the day following overnight call; service responsibilities are covered by the resident (except Monday post-call), and the fellow; service responsibilities on a post-call Monday are covered by the intern, the noon - 5pm admitting resident and the fellow.
- Intern cap: 5 admissions/24 hour period; 8 admissions/48 hour period
- Resident cap: 10 admissions/24 hour period
- Hematology fellow admits and follows BMT patients
- All housestaff and students must have one day off per week, averaged over the 4-week rotation.
E. General Gastroenterology
- 1 attending, 1 fellow, 1 resident, 1 intern
- Subspecialty call: Resident admits until 5pm Monday - Thursday; q4 coverage on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from noon - 5pm (i.e.q8). MOD moonlighter takes call Monday - Thursday from 5p to 7am; Intern call q6.
- Intern clinic is cancelled post-call; Resident clinic is cancelled on Monday post-call.
- Post-call housestaff leave by 1pm the day following overnight call; service responsibilities are covered by the resident (except Monday post-call), and the fellow; service responsibilities on a post-call Monday are covered by the intern, the noon - 5pm admitting resident and the fellow.
- Intern cap: 5 admissions/24 hour period; 8 admissions/48 hour period
- Resident cap: 10 admissions/24 hour period
- All housestaff and students must have one day off per week, averaged over the 4-week rotation.
F. Liver Service
- 1 attending, 1 fellow, 1 resident, 2 interns
- Subspecialty call: Resident admits until 5pm Monday - Thursday; q4 coverage on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from noon - 5pm (i.e.q8). MOD moonlighter takes call Monday - Thursday from 5p to 7am; Intern call q6.
- Intern clinic is cancelled post-call; Resident clinic is cancelled on Monday post-call.
- Post-call housestaff leave by 1pm the day following overnight call; service responsibilities are covered by the resident (except Monday post-call), remaining intern, and the fellow; service responsibilities on a post-call Monday are covered by the intern, the noon - 5pm admitting resident and the fellow.
- Intern cap: 5 admissions/24 hour period; 8 admissions/48 hour period
- Resident cap: 10 admissions/24 hour period
- Liver fellow admits and follows routine liver biopsy patients
- All housestaff and students must have one day off per week, averaged over the 4-week rotation.
G. Cardiology/CCU
- 1 attending, 1 fellow, 2 residents, 3 interns
- Q 4 call; cross-covered by Cardiology consult residents and EM Cardiology consult intern
- Clinic is cancelled for all housestaff during unit months.
- Post call resident and intern leave by 1pm the day following overnight call; service responsibilities are covered by the remaining resident and interns.
- Ectopic Cardiology consult resident leaves by 1pm post call unless the post call day is a clinic day, in which case the resident comes in at noon on the call day. (If ectopic call falls on a Sunday, Monday clinics are cancelled).
- Intern cap: 5 admissions/24 hour period
- Resident cap: 10 admissions/24 hour period
- Cardiology fellow admits and follows routine cardiac catheterization admissions.
- All housestaff and students must have one day off per week, averaged over the 4-week rotation.
H. MICU
- 1 attending, 1 fellow, 2 residents, 3 interns
- Q 4 call; cross-covered by Pulmonary consult residents and Ambulatory block intern
- Clinic is cancelled for all housestaff during unit months.
- Post call resident and intern leave by 1pm the day following overnight call; service responsibilities are covered by the remaining resident and interns.
- Ectopic Pulmonary consult resident and Ambulatory block intern leave by 1pm post call unless the post call day is a clinic day, in which case the resident and intern come in at noon on the call day. (If ectopic call falls on a Sunday, Monday clinics are cancelled).
- Intern cap: 5 admissions/24 hour period
- Resident cap: 10 admissions/24 hour period
- All housestaff and students must have one day off per week, averaged over the 4-week rotation.
I. Night Float Intern (2-week rotation)
- 1 intern: 8pm - 9am, Monday - Thursday; Saturday - Sunday
- Friday night float is covered by the Geriatric intern.
- Provides cross-coverage and admitting (if necessary) for the General Medicine services.
- If the night float intern admits patients, he/she must stay for work rounds and morning report.
- All clinics are cancelled during Night Float rotation.
II. Inpatient Ward Services - WSVA
A. General Medicine Services - 6
- 1 attending, 1 resident, 2 interns, 0 - 3 students
- Q6 call
- Long call: resident and interns admit until 8pm; admissions after 8pm are done by the night float team; long call resident leaves by 9pm; long call interns and students alternate coming in at 7am or 10am on a long-call day (if the intern has a morning clinic on a call day, must come in at 7am); 7am intern and students leave by 1pm post-call; 10am intern and students leave by 4pm post call; intern clinics cancelled post call.
- Night float admissions transferred to the next day's short call teams; night float team resident and intern do work rounds with the accepting services and must attend morning report.
- Intern cap: 5 admissions/24 hour period
- Resident cap: 10 admissions/24 hour period
- All housestaff and students must have one day off per week, averaged over the 4-week rotation.
B. MICU/CCU
- 2 attendings (Pulmonary-Critical Care and Cardiology), 2 residents, 3 interns
- Q 4 call; cross-covered by Cardiology consult residents and Ambulatory block intern
- Clinic is cancelled for all housestaff during unit months.
- Post call resident and intern leave by 1pm the day following overnight call; service responsibilities are covered by the remaining resident and interns.
- Ectopic Cardiology consult resident and Ambulatory block intern leave by 1pm post call unless the post call day is a clinic day, in which case the resident and intern come in at noon on the call day. (If ectopic call falls on a Sunday, Monday clinics are cancelled).
- Intern cap: 5 admissions/24 hour period
- Resident cap: 10 admissions/24 hour period
- All housestaff and students must have one day off per week, averaged over the 4-week rotation.
D. Uncovered Oncology Service
- Up to 15 beds for patients admitted for routine chemotherapy or XRT
- Patients admitted and followed by Fellow and Nurse Practitioner
- Cross-covered by long call and night float intern
E. Night Float Team (2 week rotation)
- 1 resident, 1 intern: 8p - 8a, Monday - Saturday
- Cross-coverage and admitting after 8pm
- Night float admissions transferred to the next day's short call teams; night float team resident and intern do work rounds with the accepting services and must attend morning report.
- Friday night float is covered by the Geriatric team.
- All clinics are cancelled during Night Float rotation.
August, 2003


