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Program Policies and Procedures for Residents’ Duty Hours and Work Environment
Absences – Rotation and Clinic Coverage: If you are unable to be present for your rotation or clinic for
any reason you are responsible for covering your own absence. Contacting the department
Administrative Assistant or Fellowship Coordinator is not an acceptable alternative for finding coverage,
except in the case of a serious, last‐minute emergency. you should have a copy of the contact list and
schedule available on your PDA/email etc so you know who else you can call in case of illness, etc. You
are expected to contact each person and report a failure to cover to the Chief Fellow and Attending only
after all other possibilities have been exhausted.
Mt. Sinai Rotation: Our rotation at Mt. Sinai hospital is off‐site and by contract you are only allowed to
cover two half‐day clinics at the UIC/VA. This is so you can be at Mt. Sinai participating in their services
and conferences. To reduce stresses on fellows, you are excused from UIC conferences during your Mt.
Sinai rotation (except Friday morning didactics), but you should make an effort to attend when possible.
Mercy Hospital Rotation: same applies as for Sinai (see above)
Working from Home: Fellows on Research (or any other rotation) are NOT allowed to work from home.
If a fellow has an extenuating circumstance, the Program Director may approve on a case‐by‐case basis.
However, in absence of special permission, fellows are expected to be on‐campus during regular
business hours, M‐F and during non‐clinical and light clinical elective rotations.
Arriving Late/Leaving Early: Any report from attendings or research mentors of unexcused lateness to
rounds, clinic or the lab, or leaving early without your supervisor’s approval will result in a meeting with
the Program Director. Pending the outcome of this meeting, the fellow may have a note regarding
professionalism placed in his or her permanent file, or other disciplinary actions may be taken
depending on the circumstance and history of the fellow.
Pager/Call : We have created call and rotation schedules in adherence with the ACGME duty hours
requirements. Fellows on call in clinical rotations are expected respond in a timely manner at all times.
Fellows who do not answer call without a sufficient explanation will be subject to disciplinary actions.
Duty Hour and Fatigue Monitoring: The duty hours will comply with the ACGME guidelines. Duty Hours
are strictly enforced to provide time away from patient care duties. At any time a fellow feels that their
work hours exceed the duty hours, or are feeling stressed or fatigued he/she must notify the Program
Director or Fellowship Coordinator immediately.
A fellow shall:
Not exceed total 80 duty hours, including on‐call time from home
Not work for more than 12 hours during a calendar day
Receive a full 24 hour period free of clinical responsibility, including pager call (Sunday 8 AM to
Monday 8 AM)
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