PGY-1

Rotation Schedule

Intern year is broken into 6-month blocks "on service" (psychiatry) and "off service" (medicine/neurology):

Off-service (medicine/neurology):

Inpatient medicine -Internal Medicine at UIC or JBVA or Family Medicine at UIC

Ambulatory medicine - Urgent care or Pediatric acute care

Emergency Medicine - UIC

Neurology - Inpatient and consults at UIC. Optional child neurology (consult service and outpatient clinic)

Vacation - 1 two-week block

On-service (psychiatry):

Inpatient psychiatry - UIC and VA

Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service - UIC

Psychiatric Assessment Clinic - Residents work with a multidisciplinary team at the VA, completing both initial intake evaluations for outpatient services, and emergency department/crisis evaluations

Night Float - 4 weeks

Night float runs Sunday - Thursday, from 8 PM - 8 AM. Residents may be assigned to UIC or Jesse Brown VA (VA call duties are shared between UIC and Northwestern). Duties include urgent psychiatry consults from the ED or medical floors, medical issues on the inpatient unit, crisis calls, direct transfers from outside hospitals, and, at the VA, rare psychiatric emergencies on the 2 residential units.

Vacation - 2 one-week blocks, 4 floating holidays, and 2 educational days available for Step 3 or conferences

Call Duties

UIC residents cover evening/weekend call and night float at both the university hospital and Jesse Brown VA.

Night Float:  8 PM - 8 AM, Sunday - Thursday

Short calls: 4:30 PM - 8 PM Monday - Thursday

Friday calls: 4:30 PM Friday until 8 AM Saturday; PGY2 and 3 only

Weekend calls: Saturday 8 AM - 8 PM, Saturday 8 PM - Sunday 8 AM, and Sunday 8 AM-8PM

• PGY-1s complete 8 training calls (3 short calls and 1 weekend call at each site) with a senior resident before taking call independently
• 4 weeks of night float (2 x 2 week blocks)
• Average of about 14 short calls + 14 weekend calls; completed while on psychiatry rotations only
• Total hours about 220 / 6 months