Resident Handbook - UC Davis Health System

CHIEF RESIDENTS:The Chief Residents are key members of the residency program whose leadership, advice to thefaculty and program director, and hard work makes the program strong. As an electedrepresentative of the residents, the chief resident deserves the respect of both faculty andresidents. At times, the chief resident may participate in confidential discussions involvingresidents or faculty. Examples include participation in the weekly faculty meetings anddiscussion of an individual resident’s performance and progress and how this may affect his/herresponsibilities and the residency program schedules.Electing the Chief: There are two overlapping terms of chief resident office: July 1-June 30 andJanuary 1 – December 31. The Chief must be an R-2 in good standing when elected, receiving amajority of resident votes with final approval by the program director. The overlap allows forsmooth transitions as well as back-up functions when one of the chiefs is away.Chief Resident Duties: The two chiefs share the duties, with responsibility for the scheduleassumed by each during the last six months of their terms.• Administrative representative of residents (provided with appropriate administrative timeto accomplish his duties)• Coordinator of resident complaints• By example, foster the public and professional image of family practice and our program• Attends FP Residency Committee and other Medical Staff meetings as invited byProgram Director• Prepares Master Schedule with input from residents, health centers, and residencycoordinator with final approval by the Program Director• Prepares call schedule with input from residents and core faculty• Provides first contact with acutely ill residents to facilitate coverage• Oversees jeopardy call system.The Chief Resident may schedule 4 hours of administrative time per four week rotation, whichmust be scheduled in advance and cannot accumulate or be carried over to the next month.CONFERENCES:Noon conferences occur Monday - Friday on non-holidays, from 12:30 - 1:30 pm., in conferencerooms C and D, unless indicated otherwise in the monthly schedule. The residency office sendsout the schedule for each 4-week block. The schedule indicates the topic, speaker, location andwhether lunch is provided. If lunch is not provided, residents may obtain their lunches from thecafeteria and bring them to the conference.The noon conference curriculum features talks covering a variety of medical specialties on a oneto three year rotating schedule. Other conferences include the following:Resident/Faculty MeetingResident MeetingPage 83 of 153Bi-MonthlyMonthlyC:\Documents and Settings\dhutak\Desktop\rshb13.doc