Work Schedule/Duty Hours

General Clinical Schedule at MSH (SAMPLE)

  • Labor Floor Week Days: approximately 6:30/7 am – 6:30/7 pm

  • Gyn OR or Gyn Onc Week Days: approximately 6:30 am – 6:30 pm

  • Night float shifts during Labor Floor Nights: approximately 6:30/7:00 pm – 6:30/7:00 am

  • 1:1 Faculty to Student Experience – Schedule dependent on faculty’s schedule

Note that the Labor Floor Night Float Shifts are scheduled in accordance with duty hours. Students do not work clinically in the mornings or in the afternoons before a night float shift. Students are excused from attending didactics after a Night Float Shift the next day but must attend in-person morning simulation sessions as assigned. Overnight shifts are only 12 hours in duration and often less depending on clinical activity.


Orientation Day Reporting

  • 7 am – 12 pm: Information, lectures, and simulation given at MSH

  • 1 pm – 5pm: Information and tour given at assigned sites


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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