PGY-1 Rotations

PGY - 1 Rotations

General Medicine Faculty Service

Duration: 4 Blocks (4 weeks/block)

There are two general medicine ward teams. Each team consists of a teaching internist, 1 PGY-2/PGY-3 resident, 2 PGY-1 residents, and 1-2 medical students. Morning bedside rounds are held daily. Each team takes complete charge of its patients. Subspecialty consultations may be requested as appropriate. Upon discharge, patients admitted under the Faculty service will eventually be followed by the medical residents in their weekly continuity clinic.

General Medicine Hospitalist Service

Duration: 4 Blocks (4 weeks/block)

There are two general medicine hospitalist teams. Each team consists of 1 PGY-2 resident, 2 PGY-1 residents, and 1-2 medical students. Mentor rounds are held daily. Each team coordinates the care of their patients with various private and subspecialty attendings under the supervision of the PGY-2 resident.

Intensive Care Unit

Duration: 2 Blocks (4 weeks/block)

Each ICU team consists of up to 2 PGY-3 residents, 1 PGY-2 resident, and 2 PGY-1 residents. Residents gain experience in critical care, ventilator management, and vasopressor support. Multidisciplinary rounds with a teaching intensivist, respiratory therapists, critical care nurses, pharmacists, clergy, case managers, and auxiliary staff are held daily.

Ambulatory Medicine/ Continuity Care Clinic

Duration: 8 Blocks (1 week/block)

Description: Each PGY-1 goes to the Federally Qualified Health Center every 5th week to provide acute and preventive care for their panel of patients. They also rotate through various medical outpatient clinics, which include Otorhinolaryngology, Orthopedics, ED-Urgent care, and wound care. Residents gain experience performing outpatient procedures like fundoscopy, otoscopy, arthrocentesis, etc.