Work Schedule/Duty Hours

Clerkship Work Hours Characteristics

Students will take extended call (stay until ~8pm) approximately once per week during the 5-week clerkship.

General Clinical Schedule at MSH (SAMPLE)

  1. 6:30-7:00 am – Hand-off

  2. 7:00-7:30 am – Pre-rounding (Interns pre-round on old patients, Residents pre-round on new patients)

  3. 7:30-8:00 am – Resident led rounds on old patients

  4. 8:00-10:00 am – Attending Work Rounds

  5. 12:00-1:00 pm – Noon Conference

  6. 3:00 pm – Depart (standard day)

  7. 8pm – Depart (extended day AKA “long call”)

Orientation Day Reporting

On the first day of your rotation, all students will have remote (Zoom) orientation with Drs. Merrill and Hermansen starting at 8 am. 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: After the main orientation, proceed to MS West. Site director Dr. Foram Parikh will provide specific instructions on where and when to meet for orientation on day 1.

  • Mount Sinai Morningside: After the main orientation, proceed to the 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: After the main orientation, proceed to the Department of Medicine office, C6-10 Monday. When you arrive at the Department of Medicine ask Millie to have Dr. Maritza Brown paged. Please have a seat and wait, Dr. Brown will meet you. The office number is (718) 334-3444.

Work Hour Policy

Please view the ISMMS Clinical Student Work Hour Policy, which outlines the instructional time limitations for third- and fourth-year students, here.

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