Clerkship schedule

[AbraCadaver]

Hi there,

 

I've been reading through past threads and I'm curious about the clerkship schedule at UWO. From what I've read here, I think I understand how call works, but what about normal hours? Does everyone work "full-time" hours from Mon-Fri and then have weekends off unless you are on call? If you are on call on a weekend, is it for the entire weekend or just for one day/night of that weekend?

What is a typical schedule like for each rotation?

 

Thanks.

 

Abra

[blinknoodle]

Each rotation is different, but yes, basically you work Monday through Friday unless you are on call.

 

The Monday to Friday hours will depend on your rotation. It could be 6am-7pm if you are on a surgical rotation, or 8am-6pm if on internal medicine, or 9am-4pm if on family medicine. Clerkship can be hard to schedule because yuo never know when you will be leaving each day. You will also have call, not more than every third day, where you stay in the hospital overnight, but you should be able to leave the next day by noon.

 

For weekends, you typically work Saturday or Friday&Sunday, every second weekend, on average.

 

Some rotations, like Emergency, are shifts which can be on any day.

[crush]

just guidelines (depends on the team and time of year), but-

mostly M-F. You only come in Sat/Sun if you are on call.

 

surgery- gensurg would usually start between 6 and 7, and ER's generally go until 6. The teams don't all have ER every single day, and there is usually 1-2 days of clinic a week that go to 4:30 or so. Residents may go and round on their patients after that but I was usually dismissed as a clerk. There was approx 1 in 5 call.

 

surgery selectives- depends on what you choose. hours generally similar to gensurg hours with optional/no call.

 

anesthesia- depends on what OR's you are scheduled for (some are not scheduled until 6) - usually 8-4 or so. no call.

 

medicine- CTU: start at 7:30-8, and depending on your team, off at 5ish. Call is very minimal starting July 2009 as now I've heard the teams are huge (up to 8-10 learners on some teams!)

 

medicine selective- depends on what you choose- usually 8 or 9 to 5ish.

 

oncology- 9-4 plus a bunch of half days off. This is one of the lightest rotations hours-wise, but there is a bunch of busy work to do (2 presentations + 1 test to do within the 2 week block)

 

ER- sweet hours (except they could majorly screw with your sleep schedule)!! 2 week rotation, 8 hour shifts, I think they scheduled you for 10 shifts. clerks are generally not scheduled for weekend shifts.

 

peds- 2 weeks peds CTU had hours of approx 7-5 with 4 nights/days on call. Selective was generally light with no call. Peds ER was sweet hours with 7 hour shifts and 9 shifts over 2 weeks scheduled.

 

obs/gyn- Depends on which centre you are at. Vic supposedly has the better rotation (more gyn exposure, option for gyn/onc) but is heavier. Vic has 1 in 6 call throughout the 6 week block. St. Joe's has 1 in 3 call for the 2 weeks that you're on delivery room. St. Joe's is very OB heavy and you do 3 weeks of clinic which is mostly low-risk OB and very little gyn. The 3 weeks of clinic are pretty sweet hours as well- 9-4. On your weeks on delivery or gyn surgery, hours are typically 7-4 or 5.

 

family- depends on your preceptor. some are 9-4, some can be 7-7 plus ER shifts and whatnot.

 

psych- generally 9-5 is the longest you'd work (most are 9-4, with some preceptors work 10-2!). 1 in 6 call which was probably one of the highlights of the rotation. Note: I have heard from friends who did psych at a rural site that they work MUCH MORE than this - 7:30 to 6 for some people. but there is no call.

[Gob]

medicine- CTU: start at 7:30-8, and depending on your team, off at 5ish. Call is very minimal starting July 2009 as now I've heard the teams are huge (up to 8-10 learners on some teams!)

 

 

Ya, it's true, some of the teams are bigger, but theres always 1-2 people who are post-call and then the residents have their half-days, so there are still days where you are beat down. And call is still just as bad, even if you have less of it lol