In addition, elective time is provided during which the resident may engage in away rotations or in research in the E. Donnall Thomas Resident Research Program. It should be emphasized that the core experiences of the two programs are very similar. Supervision of these clinics is conducted by physicians in the Division of General Medicine. In addition elective subspecialty experience includes supervised clinics and consultative service functions. On the medical wards and ICU, there are assigned residents and medical students admitting patients.
Long call is every fourth day.
There is a night float system weekdays and weekends, and on-call house staff go home when work is complete. Because there are no private patients, the ward team undertakes autonomous responsibility for patient care decision-making. A complete range of consultative services is available on both a formal and informal basis. Because Bassett conforms to the full-time, salaried faculty model, teaching is the highest commitment of our faculty. The core curriculum focuses on traditional topics in Internal Medicine and Primary Care.