If firm day and call day coincide, there is no clinic and no make-up day. Interns have weekly half day clinic only. Shortened clinic post call. Average daily admissions is 4-5. Interns and residents admit patients only on call days.
Short call occurs only during the Intern Year.
These are many and varied. Such meetings do not count as vacation time. Professional Societies Americal College of Physicians Associate membership is paid by the department. Access to Medline for literature searches in the Internal medicine housestaff library, free Internet access and E-mail, access to word processing, graphics and database programs. Christmas holiday Interns get one week of vacation at the end of the first year.