Call Schedules

Primary call is covered by the first and second year fellows. Midlevel providers screen phone calls from the answering service on weeknights. Third year fellows provide back-up for the first year fellows as described below.

There is no required in house call during the entire fellowship.

Week Day Call

• Covers from 5pm to 8am

Weekend Call

• Long fellow rounds on patients starting early Sat. am to 9pm
• Short fellow covers Saturday night fellow 9pm to 7am Sunday
• Long fellow covers 7am Sunday to 8pm Monday.  Long fellow is excused from service Monday at 9am after sign out

Call During First Year

• 60% of Mon to Thursdays (31/yr)
• 25% of Fridays (3/yr)
• 75% of Long Weekend (10/yr)
• 75% of Short Weekend (10/yr)

Call During Second Year

• 40% of Mon to Thursdays (32/yr)
• 75% of Fridays (10/yr)
• 25% of Long Weekend (3/yr)
• 25% of Short Weekend (3/yr)

Call During Third year

• Every Fourth Week (13/yr)
• Back-up Junior Fellows
• Substitute for Junior Fellows’ Emergency
• Perform bed side procedure that junior fellows lack skills ( TEE, Temporary Pacer or Swan)

DUTY HOURS

• Full Compliance with ACGME standards
• One day off out of 7
• No more than 80 hours per week
• No more than 30 hours consecutively

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