Categorical Rotations

Over the course of 3 years, categorical residents will spend the following time on each rotation:

  • Hospital medicine — about 52 weeks, including roughly 12 weeks of night float over 3 years
  • Cardiology — 4 weeks inpatient, 2 weeks outpatient
  • Emergency medicine — 2 weeks
  • Endocrinology — 2 weeks combined inpatient/outpatient
  • Gastroenterology — 4 weeks inpatient, 2 outpatient
  • Hemotology/oncology — 4 weeks inpatient, 2 outpatient
  • ICU — 12 weeks
  • Infectious disease — 4 weeks, mostly inpatient
  • Nephrology — 4 weeks, mostly inpatient
  • Neurology — 2 weeks combined inpatient/outpatient
  • Palliative Medicine — 2 weeks combined inpatient/outpatient
  • Rheumatology — 2 weeks combined inpatient/outpatient
  • Continuity Clinic — 27 weeks. These are the "+1" weeks in our 4+1 block schedule, which you can learn about on our Curriculum page. 
  • Elective — about 20 weeks
  • Vacation — 9 weeks total (3 weeks per year)

Rotation Highlights:

Hospital Medicine: While residents spend a lot of time on hospital medicine, it is comprised of several different experiences. Residents rotate on teaching services at both hospitals, which provides a variety of pathology, different teaching styles, and dual EMR training in Epic and Cerner. Additionally, hospital medicine is broken into different rotation types, ranging from traditional intern teams with a supervising senior, to senior only teams with no students. We also have a RIC (“Resident in Charge”) rotation that focuses on morning admissions, offloading admissions to our teaching teams while they round in the morning at University Health.

The schedule is resident-friendly, with residents on their hospital medicine rotations able to leave at 4pm on weekdays when not on call. Also, on weekends, they can check out as early as 10:30 AM to enjoy the rest of their day. We have no 24-hour calls.

Night Float

Due to resident input and feedback, our Night Float system has changed at University Health, with a 2-day-on, 1-day-off schedule for one or two weeks for both interns and senior residents. This eliminates the need for random night calls at University Health for residents while on other rotations. St. Luke’s has a traditional night float system, with 11 night shifts over the course of 2 weeks.

Electives

We have increased elective time to approximately 20 weeks spread out over 3 years, with the majority of elective time falling in the 2nd year of training. This allows residents to explore areas of interest, and gain experience with a variety of attendings to enhance their educational experience +/- fellowship applications.