This rotation is performed at either the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Medical Center in Loma Linda or at Riverside County Regional Medical Center. Each resident is assigned a schedule containing primary care, sub-specialty, and urgent care experiences. Interns do not take call on this rotation. Senior residents at Riverside take an average of one night float call every seventh night. This rotation is performed at Riverside County Regional Medical Center.
Residents are responsible for performing medicine consultations on non-medical services.
Other responsibilities include pre-operative cardiac risk assessments and a nursing home experience. Call is taken an average of one night float call every seventh night. This rotation is performed at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Residents are responsible for the care of patients admitted with critical cardiac pathology. Call is taken every fourth night for all residents.