What is the on-call schedule like?
University Hospital: A few years ago, we reorganized our on-call schedule so that only neurology residents provide night-time coverage at University Hospital. In order to accomplish this goal, we placed all of our neurology residents in an on-call pool. Neurology residents now take in-house call at University Hospital from 17:00-08:00 on a rotating basis. During daytime hours, non-neurology residents rotating on our service (such as internal medicine, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, psychiatry) take in-house call from 08:00-17:00. The on-call pool includes all residents except for any rotating at Primary Children’s Hospital. Residents cover only one hospital when on call. When at University Hospital, their call is in-house. At the beginning of the PGY-2 year, residents may not feel comfortable with their neurological knowledge. Hence, PGY-2 residents receive direct supervision when covering in-house call by a senior neurology resident (PGY-3 and PGY-4) for all floor and ER consults, admis
