12/4/19 Announcements

 

    • Phew, it’s been awhile since we have had an announcement post. First of all, thank you all for your diligence, positive attitude, and support of each other during this grueling holiday season / interview season. We appreciate you all! Also huge congrats to our Fellow matchers: Neha and Eshan!

 

  • Jeopardy Protocol: As we are in the midst of flu season and approaching Holiday Block, we wanted to clarify rules around Jeopardy. 
    • If you need to call in jeopardy, first attempt to page the distress pager (415-204-2655), and if you do not hear back from a Chief  within 10 minutes, please call, cortext, or text the Chiefs.
    • If you need jeopardy due to personal illness, we will now require “proof” that you sought medical attention (ie. doctor’s note) on the third consecutive day of needing jeopardy.
    • During most of the year, there are two intern jeopardies and two resident jeopardies. For these times of the year, the default call order will be the following – unless the jeopardies preemptively request their own custom call order:  first call during the first half of the block will be the intern/resident who is not working for nightfloat (Wards Intern NF or R2NF) on the block’s first friday; the call order will then flip during the second half of the block.
    • If you are jeopardy (regardless of call order): you MUST be within 1 hour of the hospital.
  • Finalize those Schedules:
    • Please review your schedules and make sure there are no gaps or unspecified electives.
    • Starting the week of 12/9, most substantial schedule requests (such as changing core-to-noncore electives, inpt-to-outpt rotations, or inpt-to-inpt rotations) will not be approved if requested within 3 months of the change date.
  • Attendance: We are tracking attendance on Medtrics via the QR code for every Morning Report, Teaching Tuesday, and Lunch Conference: please remember to check-in!
  • Board Review: Studying for the Boards is super important! We are now asking Mission Bay to join us for Board Review on Thursdays via Microsoft Teams. Come Jan/Feb, we will be moving Board Review to Teaching Tuesdays.
  • Holiday Block: When you are off, you are off! Enjoy it! BUT clean out your inbox beforehand.
  • Flu Vaccination: If you received an email from Helen re: needing proof of flu vaccination, please let her know your status (you can send her a picture of your sticker!).
  • Duty Hours: We are now out of the duty-hour sampling period, so make sure all of your November duty hours have been submitted.
  • New Intern ED Workflow: We are now requiring interns on the ED rotation to have their attendings initial/date a sign-in sheet at the beginning of each shift that will be posted up on the ED physician consult room. Any excused absence (approved by the Chiefs) from this ED rotation beyond two absences must be made up during or after this rotation.
  • The Move: No word yet…so we are staying put for the time-being.

 

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