A Typical Schedule, Medicine Residency Program - the University of Minnesota

The academic year is divided into 13, four week blocks.

G1 Year

9.5 Blocks of Wards

All rotations are on a Nightfloat system (no 30 hour shifts for interns):

General Medicine (all sites)
ICU (all sites)
Cardiology (U of MN and VA)
Hematology/oncology (U of MN)
1.5 blocks of Nightfloat (all sites)

3.5 blocks of Electives (no call)
1 block Emergency Medicine (no call; shift schedule)
1.5 block consult
1 block vacation

G2 Year

6 blocks of Wards

See above descriptions; in addition
1 block of Nightfloat

3 blocks Adult Health Care (ambulatory setting, no call)
4 blocks of Electives (no call)

G3 Year

5.5 blocks of Wards (see above)

Included Pulmonary Firm inpatient rotation (no call or night coverage)
1 block of Nightfloat

7.5 blocks of Electives (no call)

May include 3 blocks of Adult Health Care (ambulatory medicine, no call) if not completed in the G2 year

Electives = Include subspecialty months (GI, Renal, etc.) outpatient rotations such as Women's Health or HIV Medicine, or up to three blocks of research/scholarly or international activity (including the Global Health Course)

A typical day on the wards:

7:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:15
12:00 - 1:00
1:00 - 5:30+

Team work rounds
Attending rounds (combined patient care/teaching)
Morning Report
Noon Conference
Patient care, new admissions, or continuity clinic

A typical day on a subspecialty month:

8:00 - Noon
10:30 - 11:15
12:00 - 1:00
1:00 - 5:30

Outpatient clinic or evaluation of new consults
Morning Report (if not in clinic)
Noon conference
Round with team, attend conferences, participate in procedures

Schedules for both wards and electives vary slightly by hospital site and rotation. More details are provided in the Rotation Descriptions.

A note about DUTY HOURS

We take the work hours rules very seriously. We believe that a well rested resident will take better care of patients, work more effectively with the team, participate actively in teaching and learning, and promote professionalism. To this end, we have developed a nightfloat call system which is tailored to each site and specialty. This system is supported by the work of moonlighters, house doctors, hospitalists, and nurse practitioners in addition to residents. We constantly monitor the duty hours within each hospital system and make adjustments and improvements where need be.

Updated: 11/02/07

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