A Day in the Life of a Resident

6:00 – 6:45am
Bedside work rounds on the inpatient units
Residents discuss each patient on their service, as well as the daily plan and progress. The team consists of first year residents and medical students who are supervised by senior residents and the chief resident.

6:45 - 7:15am
General inpatient care
First year residents utilize this hour to communicate with the attendings and subspecialists who are rounding on their patients. This is the perfect opportunity to review findings, management and the plan for the day. Labor and delivery management plans for each patient are made during the turnover of the board at 7:00am.

7:30am
Surgery
The surgery teams head to the operating room to introduce themselves to the patients prior to surgery. The cases are assigned the day before according to skill level. This enables the residents to read about the cases the night before.

Obstetrics scheduled cases also start at 7:30am, and the flow is dictated by the number and type of patients that are on the unit at any one time.

1:00 - 4:00pm
General patient care/Surgery
Residents utilize this time to update the patients’ treatment plans, and discuss treatments with their patients’ families, as well as to provide ongoing care. Surgical patients are admitted to the units from the recovery room.

5:00pm- 8:00am
On-call
The first-year curriculum places residents on call every fourth night. However, since there is a night float system, most of the call responsibility is less than that. Responsibilities include the management of labor and delivery, post-op or postpartum patients and emergency department consults. A senior resident is also on-call and is always available for supervision, consultation and support.

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A Day in the Life of a Resident