Guest CaesarCornelius Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 is there a chief resident in every discipline? Does every resident at one point or another become the chief reisdent?? Thanks CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrSahsi Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Every service has at least one chief resident. Some have one chief resident for the city, but for the most part there's one at any given time assigned to each site (ie: hospital). Some programs are small, and as such there are few residents in each year. If there's a program with three residents in each year, each may be asked to do a four-month stint as Chief as a senior. Bigger programs make it easier to squeak through without assuming the role of Chiefdom. - Rupinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest monkey Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 what additonal responsibilities are added on to the cheif title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cracked30 Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Organizing the call schedule. Knowing all the complex patients. Organizing teaching and rounds for clerks and residents. In surgery, cherry-picking all the good cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Being the chief means adding in extra administrative work on top of all your regular clinical duties. As previously mentioned, this may mean taking responsibility for setting up call schedules, juggling every one else's vacation demands, setting up teaching sessions, and essentially acting as the closest liaison between the other residents and the staff. In some services (all this is highly program, city, and discipline-specific, so it's impossible to generalize), each senior resident may take turns at being the chief resident, or there may only be one chief resident. The chief might be assigned or might be nominated by either the other residents or the staff. In other words, there can be one or more chief residents, and they are selected to that position in any number of ways. Being the chief resident can help you out with fellowship applications as an extra bit of buffing on your resume, and it's supposed to give you more experience on the admin side of things. Still, a lot of senior residents want nothing to do with being chief resident; it's a lot of extra work. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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