Beth Israel Medical Center: Psychiatry Residency and Fellowship Programs

Education: Call Schedule

Medicine: Every fourth day.
Medicine: Weekday calls are short calls until 8-9 pm.
Medicine: Friday calls are overnight (5pm-7am) (one per month). Note: Friday 24 hour overnight calls will be phased out for PG-1 residents on July 1, 2011.
Medicine: Weekend/Holiday calls are from 7am-8pm (two per month).
Psychiatry: Cover inpatient psychiatric units and CPEP
Psychiatry: Approximately every seventh day.
Psychiatry: Weekday calls are short calls until 10pm.
Psychiatry: Friday calls are overnight (5pm-8am). Note: Friday 24 hour overnight calls will be phased out for PG-1 residents on July 1, 2011. The new system will divide the Friday overnights between 2 PG-1 residents and will not impact on PGY-2, 3, or 4 residents. PG-1 residents on-call always have direct supervision available from an on-site senior resident and an on-site attending psychiatrist.
Weekend/Holiday calls are 8am-8pm.
*PGY-1's participate in 2-weeks of night-float per semester, Sat-Thurs (off on Friday). One night float rotation is paired with two weeks of vacation and the other with two weeks of CPEP

Cover CPEP and consults on medicine/surgery.
Approximately every tenth day.
Weekday calls are short calls until 10pm.
Friday call is overnight (2 per year)
Weekend/Holiday calls are 8am-8pm.
*PGY-II's participate in 2-weeks of night-float per semester, Sat-Thurs (off on Friday). Each night float rotation is paired with two weeks of vacation.

Cover CPEP medicine/surgery.
Two options:
eight residents do one week of night-float plus one additional Friday overnight call
remaining residents cover all other Friday overnight calls
*total of approx six-eight calls for the entire year for each PGY3

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