UMN Medical Center Call
When on night float or call, residents admit patients to the family medicine inpatient service, manage cross-over questions, and answer clinic calls.
Guiding principles:
- Frequency and volume of night float/call is designed to meet residents educational needs
- Full supervision is provided by senior residents and faculty
First year
- Family medicine service: one 4-week block and two 2-week blocks days and two 2-week blocks night float; all blocks include weekend shifts
- OB service: two 4-week blocks of weekday and weekend shifts
- Pediatrics service: one 6-week block of day and night float shifts
Second year
- Two 4-week blocks on the family medicine service with weekday and weekend day shifts
- Two 2-week blocks night float
- One 4-week block on OB at Methodist Hospital with 14-hour call shift every three or four days and two to three weekend 24-hour shifts
- Six to eight calls annually
Third year
- Two 4-week blocks on the family medicine service with weekday and weekend day shifts
- Two 2-week blocks night float
- Six to eight calls annually