A Typical Day

7:00 am | Pre-Round on Patients |
Review events from previous night | |
Assess patients | |
Work rounds with senior resident | |
8:00 am | Chief Resident Morning Report (over breakfast) |
Discussion of learning and management issues | |
Case presentations | |
Board review | |
9:00 am | Attending Rounds |
Approximately six hours per week | |
Teaching in team room and at bedside | |
12:00 pm | Noon Conference (over lunch) |
Wide-ranging topics presented by general medicine or subspecialty attendings | |
Weekly Journal Club or Morbidity and Mortality Conference presented by Mercy preliminary residents | |
4:00 pm | Sign-out Rounds |
5:00 pm | End of Day |