The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department monitors resident work hours to ensure compliance with all ACGME mandates. We are always in compliance with the 80-hour work week. Residents take call from home covering one of our affiliate hospitals. The call frequency is increased for the PGYII residents and is less frequent for the PGYIII and PGYIV residents. Call is approximately once every 4 – 6 weeks during the PGYII year and every 8-10 weeks during the PGYIII and PGYIV years. Call is always from home. On the weekends, the resident on-call rounds in the hospital and writes notes with the attending on-call.
Each resident has three weeks of vacation during which time the residents cover each other. Services requiring vacation coverage include consult services and inpatient services.