Work Schedule/Duty Hours
Clerkship Work Hours Characteristics
Students will take extended call (stay until ~8pm) approximately once per week during the 6-week clerkship.
General Clinical Schedule at MSH (SAMPLE)
6:30-7:00 am – Hand-off
7:00-7:30 am – Pre-rounding (Interns pre-round on old patients, Residents pre-round on new patients)
7:30-8:00 am – Resident led rounds on old patients
8:00-10:00 am – Attending Work Rounds
12:00-1:00 pm – Noon Conference
3:00 pm – Depart (standard day)
8pm – Depart (extended day AKA “long call”)
Orientation Day Reporting
General Clerkship Orientation will be given during the Friday of Transitions to Phase 2 and Wednesday afternoons of CAMP. Site-specific orientation will be determined by site directors and communicated to students. Students can expect to meet their teams and begin caring for hospitalized patients directly after orientation on day 1.
Mount Sinai Hospital: 1pm on the first day, in person at MSH.
Mount Sinai West: Arrive at 8:00 AM.
Mount Sinai Morningside: Arrive at 8am: MS Morningside campus Clark Building 440 W 114th street. Take the Clark elevators to the 5th floor (can ask security to direct you to the elevators for Pavilion 3). Pavilion 3 is a long, tan colored hallway connected to the end of Clark 5 (just walk straight through) and the department of medicine is the last door on the right. There you will meet one of the Chief Residents. They will take you to your respective teams and you will meet with Dr. Rivera, for in-person orientation in the afternoon.
Elmhurst: Arrive at 8am. Upon arrival they will proceed to the Occupational Health Services (OHS) on the 1st floor in room A1-27 for their health/fit test. Next stop is Annex “O” Basement room #BB-4; for their Elmhurst ID. Final stop will be the Department of Internal Medicine located on the 6th floor in room C6-10 where I will meet them.
Work Hour Policy
Please view the ISMMS Clinical Student Work Hour Policy, which outlines the instructional time limitations for Phase 2 and 3 students, here.
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