The ER is staffed by both pediatric emergency medicine attendings and general emergency medicine attendings. Both services consist of 4 teams of one intern and one resident each. Call is every fourth night. There is a night float intern to help with cross cover. The VA ward service consists of 8 teams of one intern and one resident each, plus 3rd and sometimes 4th year medical students.
Long call is every fourth night, and short call is also every fourth.
Each team has an assigned teaching attending. There is a morning report conference 3 times a week and noon conference twice a week. The ward teams at St Thomas are arranged slightly differently with one resident and two interns on each team, plus medical students. Each team has an assigned teaching attending. There are daily morning report conferences and noon conferences.