General Overview

We have 2 week blocks with the only exception being NICU and PICU which are 4 week rotations

Inpatient teams

• PHM ("color teams" - Green, Blue, Purple, Red)

• Subspecialties

  • Oncology

  • Neurology

  • Cardiology

  • GI

  • Renal/Pulmonology combined team

  • Endocrine/Hematology combined team

• NICU

• PICU

• ED

Nights

• Night float system in which 1 intern and 1 senior work together to cover 2 teams (ex. Green/Neuro)

Outpatient Rotations

• Continuity clinic

• Child Development Unit

• Newborn (combined inpatient and outpatient)

• Community Health/Advocacy

• Adolescent Medicine

Electives

• Many electives to choose from, and you can create your own if there's something you want to do that is not available! 

PGY 1

• 1 month of NICU pods

• 6 blocks of inpatient floors 

• 3-4 blocks of night team 

• 1-2 blocks of ED

• 1 block of Newborn

• Outpatient- Continuity clinic, Adolescent, Community Health/Advocacy, Longitudinal elective

• 4 weeks of vacation + 5 days off at Christmas/New Years

PGY 2

• 1 month of NICU triage 

• 1 month of PICU

• 3 blocks of inpatient floors 

• 2 blocks of nights

• 4 blocks of ED

• 1 block of Newborn 

• 4.5 blocks of elective 

• Outpatient- Continuity clinic, Rapid Access Clinic, Child Advocacy, Behavioral Health

• 3 weeks of vacation + 5 days off at Christmas/New Years

PGY 3

• 1 month of PICU

• 7 blocks of inpatient floors

• 2 blocks of this are “Yellow team” which is a PHM team consisting of two 3rd year residents working directly with an attending. You get a lot of autonomy and get to flex the skills you’ve learned on PHM over the course of your first two years. 

• 2 blocks of nights

• 2 blocks of ED 

• 6.5 blocks of elective 

• Outpatient - Continuity clinic, Rapid Access Clinic 

• 3 weeks of vacation + 5 days off at Christmas/New Years

What is X+Y+Z?

X+Y blocks = a combination of inpatient and elective time totaling 4 weeks. For example:

• 2 weeks of PHM + 2 weeks of inpatient subspecialty

• 2 weeks of PHM + 2 weeks of a different PHM team

• 2 weeks of inpatient team + 2 weeks of elective

• 4 weeks of NICU/PICU 

Z block = 2 weeks outpatient rotation (continuity clinic, longitudinal elective, community engagement, etc). While on Z block you have 2 guaranteed golden weekends!

Call/ Weekend schedule

• PGY 1

  • No 24 hour shifts

  • Weekends are split into 3 12hr shifts (Saturday day, Saturday night, Sunday day)

  • Night float system (6 nights on, Saturday off, then another 6 nights on)

• PGY 2/3

  • 24 hour Saturday shifts when on call eligible rotations (inpatient, some electives)

  • Night float system (6 nights on, Saturday off, then another 6 nights on)

Jeopardy

• Our Jeopardy system is no questions asked and there is no payback if you need to take time off 

• We operate with a pool of 4-5 residents covering Jeopardy at any time

  • J1- you are called first if eligible within work hour restrictions. This resident is not on elective at this time and is solely responsible for covering shifts 

  • J2-5- rotate through this pool in sequential order if J1 is taken or ineligible to work. These residents are on elective while covering the Jeopardy pool

• You do not cover the Jeopardy system during intern year

• PGY 2

  • 2 blocks of Jeopardy as J2 or J4

• PGY 3

  • 1 block of J1

  • 1 blocks of J3