Education / Residency Information / Resident Call Schedule

Each first year resident takes home call approximately every five days to cover Barnes-Jewish and Children's Hospitals. For the first two months of the academic year (July and August), the first year resident is assisted by a second or third year resident.

The Veterans Affairs Medical Center is covered from home by the second year resident on the service.

Third year residents serve from home as consultants and surgical back-up. The residents cover the VA, Barnes-Jewish, Connect Care Medical Center and Children's Hospitals while on these services.

Duty Hours Policy

Residents shall not spend more than 80 hours per week engaged in clinical activities, and all residents will receive (averaged over each four week period) at least one 24-hour period each week free from clinical duties. All clinics are expected to begin between 8am and 8:30am, and last scheduled patients will be no later than 4:30pm. A shift is defined as scheduled time in hospital; thus most shifts will end ~5:30 or 6pm. No shift will exceed 24 hours, except for follow-up care or didactic purposes which may be continued for an additional 6 hours. Call responsibilities begin at 5 pm and end at 8 am. Residents will take call from home, typically on an averaged q 5 night rotation. Daily hours spent engaged in clinical activities (including daily clinical responsibilities, didactic sessions, phone consultations, and call consultations) will be logged in the resident handbook, and will be checked for compliance with the 80-hour limitation by the program director quarterly. Any resident noting excessive sleepiness in themselves or another resident is responsible for immediately contacting the attending physician on duty, Chief Resident and/or the program director who will make arrangements for relief of that resident and redistribution of clinical responsibilities.