Scheduling+Terminology

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Scheduling Terminology for New Residents **Call Shift Terminology **

● Carries the 901 pager. ● Responsible for any issues that occur on the non-OB, non-Gyn, non-IMCU/ICU patients in the hospital. This includes the patients on 4A (Tele), 4B, 4C (Psych), Nursery, Newborns on 5C, 5C Surg Overflow, and 5D. ● Goes to all OB responses to scrub in and receive the newborn, take to warmer, and assist with resuscitation. ● Assists with admissions. ● With the exception of retreats, Jeopardy and Callback, interns cover all HO shifts, including SHO and NHO.
 * House Officer - HO **

● Same as HO, shifts from 8PM-8AM Sunday-Wednesday, 8PM-7AM Thursday, and 5PM-8AM Friday. ● ** Saturday NHO is covered by an intern on either Ortho, BM or Clinics 8pm-8am ** ● Interns do two blocks of NHO, each 2 weeks long for a total of 4 weeks. ● ** The first NHO shift always starts on the __evening of the Tuesday night before a rotation switch__ (either from one block to the next or during a mid-block switch). **
 * Night House Officer - NHO **

● Same as HO, but from 5PM-8PM on Mondays through Thursdays. ● Gets sign out from the inpatient residents on all floor patients. ● Signs out to the NHO.
 * Short House Officer - SHO **

● Residents who are on inpatient and take admissions on the weekend. 8am-6pm Sat or Sun
 * Day Admit - DA (used to be called Day Float - DF) **

● 1st year or 3rd year resident that does admissions from 8PM-8AM. ● ** The first NA shift always starts on the __evening of the Tuesday night before a rotation switch__ (either from one block to the next or during a mid-block switch). **
 * Night Admit - NA **

● 2nd or 3rd year resident rotation. Covers both ICU and IMCU 5-8pm weekdays and 8am-8pm weekends ● Admits all ICU patients. ● Available to evaluate any patients on the floor that the HO is concerned about.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Evening and Weekend ICU **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">● Same as Eveneing/Weekend ICU, except from 8PM-8AM Sunday-Thursday and 5PM-8AM Friday. ● 2nd and 3rd year residents each do a two week block. ● Responsible for updating the Mega Board and redistributing the admissions that occur overnight.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ICU Night Float **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">● A 2nd or 3rd year resident on this 2-week rotation is on standby to cover a critical shift in the event of an absence, planned or unplanned. ● The Jeopardy resident must be notified by 1PM the day before they are needed to cover a shift. ● Critical shifts include, but are not limited to HO, ICU, Admit, any CHO shift, OB call, Inpatient ● The use of Jeopardy can only be approved by the Scheduler or Program Director. ● Examples of reasons to use Jeopardy include covering for a resident that has a prolonged illness (>24 hours), family emergency, required educational experience, jury duty, or to prevent work hour violations.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jeopardy **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">● A 2nd or 3rd year resident that changes from day to day. ● On standby to be called back to the hospital that day (on the weekends) or night to either assist with admissions or to cover a critical shift as described for Jeopardy. ● There is no one on Callback from 8AM-5PM Monday-Friday.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Callback **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">● Every Friday from 9AM-Noon during select outpatient rotations.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Problem Based Learning - PBL **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">● One of your clinics is canceled once a block to meet for PPD/HSM (2 hours each). ● Personal and Professional Development - meet with your class as a group with the psychologists Patty Hennigan and Jessica Selvin. Protected time for processing the demands of being a resident in and out of the hospital. ● Health Systems Management - didactics on the medical systems ranging from hospital administration to charting to healthcare funding to community resources.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">PPD/HSM **

Kendra Johnson 7/9/15