This page is intended to answer some of your questions about our day-to-day schedule, our monthly rotation schedule, and our overall procedural experience.
Residents on the night float system rotation will work 5 shifts per week. Call will vary based on rotation and hospital site for residents with traditional call, but generally is as follows:
Residents go home after being on call consistent with ACGME duty hour standards. One advantage of our call schedule is that the senior residents always make each hospital's schedule themselves. We agree to make sure that everyone has at least two weekends off per month.
In other words, on your weekends off, you are off -you do not need to come to the hospital between Friday afternoon and Monday morning.
First Year Obstetrics (5 months) Benign Gynecology (2 months) Gynecologic Oncology (2 months) Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility (2 months) Ambulatory Medicine (1 month) Second Year Obstetrics (4 months) Gynecology (4 months) High-Risk Obstetrics (2 months) Reproductive Endocrinology (2 months) Third Year Obstetrics (4 months) Gynecology (4 months) Oncology (2 months) High-Risk Obstetrics (1 month) Elective (1 month) Fourth Year Obstetrics Chief Resident (5 months) Gynecology Chief Resident (5 months) Uro-Gyn Chief Resident (2 months) Continuity clinics are held weekly by all residents (except chief residents) at all three integrated hospitals to allow residents to build their own "private practice" throughout their training.
Our program has always been known for the variety and number of procedures that our residents are able to perform in four years. This is one of the strengths of our combined three-hospital program. The table illustrates how our resident's experience compares with all programs nationally (by percentile). The average experience of the residents graduating in June 2006: