Call is rotated among all neurology residents not on vacation, so that the on-call frequency should not exceed one in five nights.
Call is taken from home, but on-call rooms are available in the hospitals.
The on-call resident is responsible for following all patients on the ward, for seeing all consultations from the Emergency Room and from the wards, and for answering outside calls from patients and physicians. Attendings are responsible for back-up, in case the neurology resident has more than one emergent situation to handle at the same time. Whenever possible, the on-call resident will be present on attending rounds to participate in the discussion of patients admitted during the previous night. The resident duty hours as specified above are designed so that no resident will be on call for more than 32 contiguous hours.