CALL:

General, Ortho and Critical Care/Trauma call are all a 24-hour IN-HOUSE experience. During call experiences the student responds to and participates in patient care on the wards, trauma, emergency surgery and emergency admissions referred to the surgical services. All other surgical areas will determine specific requirements for call. Coverage of weekends is required. If you are unable to take call on your scheduled night, it is your responsibility to find a replacement. General and Trauma call will be pre-assigned by the clerkship. All assigned call time is the student’s responsibility. Any changes to the call schedule must be approved by a nurse educator. The student may go home at noon following an in-house call night. However, you must return for core session as it is mandatory at all times and we cannot grant time off even if you had to participate in patient care activities all night.