Overnight call is every fourth night. The PGY 1 resident acts as primary physician for one or two patients, performing indicated procedures with appropriate supervision. PGY 1 residents leave the MICU more confident about treating critical patients including ventilator management, the use of vasopressor agents, and performing invasive procedures. Overnight call is every 3 rd night. The Emergency Room experience is integrated into the PGY 1 year as a one-month block.
Ambulatory medicine is an essential part of resident training.
Included in this experience are lectures, frequent interaction with a designated clinic attending and broad exposure to ambulatory medical problems in both general medicine and subspecialties. There are no weekend or overnight call responsibilities during this rotation. The research month provides Categorical PGY 1 residents with one month of block time to define, plan and begin to work on a scholarly academic project to be completed and presented by the end of the residency. This is the only difference between the Categorical and Preliminary PGY-1 year. A rotation in ambulatory neurology, which includes consultative inpatient neurology as well as an exposure to outpatient neurology subspecialties provides important experiences in this discipline.