Daily schedule. Each site makes its own schedule. In general, the day begins at about 7 AM and finishes at about 6 PM. If you are on call, you should plan on staying on the hospital floor until about 10 PM. Sleeping facilities are provided for students on call at the affiliate sites.

Attendance at rounds, patient sessions, seminars, conferences and meetings with tutors is required.

Weekends. The clerkship continues during weekends

• At NYP on General Medicine Services

1. Round on Saturday morning. If you are not on call, you can leave after rounds are complete and you have finished the work pertaining to your patients.
2. Round on Sunday morning only if you are on call Sunday, or if you were on call Saturday.
3. If you are on call on Saturday or Sunday, the day behaves like a weekday.

• At Affiliates: no weekend duties
• During Cardiology/MICU blocks: no weekend duties

Calendar. The clerkship lasts for 12 weeks and is offered 4 times each year. The dates of the modules are as follows:

Module A		July 5-29, 2011
Module B		August 1-26, 2011
Module C		August 29-September 23, 2011

Module D		September 26-October 21, 2011
Module E		October 24-November 18, 2011
Module F		November 21-December 16, 2011

Winter recess

Module G		January 3-27, 2012
Module H		January 30-February 24, 2012
Module I		February 27-March 23, 2012

Spring recess

Module J		April 2-27, 2012
Module K		April 30-May 25, 2012
Module L		May 29-June 22, 2012

Holidays. You are excused from duties on official Weill Cornell holidays:

Labor Day		September 5, 2011
Thanksgiving Holiday		November 24-27, 2011
Winter Recess		December 18, 2011-January 2, 2012
Martin Luther King, Jr		January 16, 2012
Presidents’ Day		February 20, 2012
Spring Recess		March 20-April 1, 2012
Memorial Day		May 28, 2012

Religious Observances. The Weill Cornell policy regarding religious observances may be found in the Student Handbook. In brief, you are excused from responsibilities for the purpose of religious observances. We will make every reasonable effort to accommodate your requests and to provide you with an opportunity to make up any missed work or information.

Daily Schedule on General Medicine at NYP

Weekdays
7-9 AM		Work rounds with housestaff
10 AM-noon		Attending rounds
12-1 PM		Seminars & Conferences
3-4 PM		Attending teaching rounds
4-5 PM		Tutor group (typically M W F)
5:30-6 PM		Sign-out
6-10 PM		On call every 4th evening.

Weekends and official WCMC holidays
Saturday:		all students come 7-10 AM if not on call 7 AM-10 PM if on call
Sunday:		students come only if on-call on post-call 7-11 AM if post-call 7 AM-10 PM if on call
Holidays:		students do not come

Description of assigned activities

• Work rounds with housestaff
• See each patient as a group
• You are responsible for updating the team on each of your patients
• Pay attention to what’s happening on the other patients
• Attending rounds
• You will present new admissions (Emphasis: summary, assessment and plan)
• The group will see new patients and those having particular problems
• Seminars and lectures
• Case seminars (Dr Wenderoth or Bardes): Mon and Fri noon-1 PM
• Intern morning report: Tues 9-10 AM
• Grand Rounds: Tues noon-1 PM
• Attending teaching rounds
• Case discussion: each meeting
• Be prepared to present and discuss your cases
• "One-room schoolhouse"
• Tutor group
• Informal case discussion: each meeting
• Formal case presentation: at least once per rotation
• Topic discussion
• Sign-out rounds
• Transfer of information to night team
• Sign-out data

Other seminars and conferences may also occur. During unscheduled times, you will see your patients, write orders and notes, perform procedures, etc. While reading is important in the Clerkship, leaving the hospital to read elsewhere is counterproductive.

Schedule on MICU-Cardiology (NYP and MSKCC)

1. You should arrive at 8 AM and plan on leaving about 6 PM. We no longer divide MICU students into two shifts.
2. Seminars in MICU-Cardiology are as follows:
• Hospitalist problem-solving seminars: Typically MWF noon-1 PM
• Radiology seminars: Thursday 2-3 PM

Schedule at Brooklyn Hospital
7:30 AM-4:30 PM weekdays
Call until about 9 PM once a week

Schedule at Lincoln Hospital
7:30 AM-4:30 PM weekdays
Call until about 8 PM twice a week

Schedule at New York Hospital Queens
7:15 AM-5 PM weekdays
Call every Thursday until about 9 PM
  The Department of Medicine at Queens provides cab vouchers for return transportation when on call

Schedule at The Methodist Hospital (Houston)
6:30 AM-5:30 PM weekdays
Call every fourth night until 10 PM

Summary of Work Hours and Call

Rotation	Weekdays	evening call	Sat	Sun
NYP General Medicine	7 AM-6 PM	every 4th night to 10 PM	7-10 AM if not on call; 7 AM-10 PM if on call	7-10 AM if post-call; 7 AM-10 PM if on call
NYP MICU	8 AM-6 PM	none	off	off
NYP Cardiology	8 AM-6 PM	none	off	off
MSKCC MICU	8 AM-6 PM	none	off	off
Brooklyn Hospital	7:30 AM-4:30 PM	once per wk till 9 PM	off	off
Lincoln Hospital	7:30 AM-4:30 PM	twice per wk till 8 PM	off	off
New York Hospital Queens	7:15 AM-5 PM	every Thursday till 9 PM	off	off
The Methodist Hospital	6:30 AM-5:30 PM	every fourth night till 10 PM	off	off