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Schedule Format

Interns

At the University of Utah, our interns are on a 4+1 schedule system, with at least every fifth week spent on an outpatient rotation. This +1 week ambulatory combines four or five half-day continuity clinic sessions with morning didactic conferences, general medicine clinics, subspecialty clinics, and the Thursday afternoon intern seminar to create a unique educational experience. There are no night or weekend responsibilities during the +1 week, which guarantees you a minimum of one full weekend off out of every five weeks. We believe this allows you to focus on and maximize the rotations you are on between +1 weeks, and subsequently focus on your panel during the +1 week. Preliminary interns may have a modified 4+1 schedule to accommodate their PGY1 curriculum.

What is the Reason for 4+1?

We believe this schedule maximizes the educational experience for our interns. Interns have a steep learning curve. As you are learning the systems and gaining knowledge and confidence, this schedule allows the opportunity to prioritize patients on your scheduled rotation without having to balance rotation and continuity clinic responsibilities. This schedule promotes wellness by ensuring that interns have at least one week of a business hours, Monday-Friday schedule every five weeks.

Residents

Our PGY2’s and 3’s continue to have a traditional block system with weekly clinics. We take pride in the flexibility of our resident schedules and the diversity and depth of subspecialty opportunities. The resident’s 2 week subspecialty rotations are not as compatible with the 4+1 schedule.

Sample Schedules


    1 week       Continuity Clinic & Ambulatory Care


    4 weeks     General Medicine Wards
        


    1 week       Continuity Clinic & Ambulatory Care


    2 weeks     Cardiology Wards   
    2 weeks     General Medicine Wards
        


    1 week       Continuity Clinic & Ambulatory Care


    4 weeks     Emergency Department
        


    1 week       Continuity Clinic & Ambulatory Care


    1 week       Vacation
    1 week       MSK Week
    2 weeks     ICU
        


    1 week       Continuity Clinic & Ambulatory Care


     

    4 weeks     General Medicine Wards
            
        


    1 week      Continuity Clinic & Ambulatory Care


    1 week      Vacation
    1 week      General Medicine Wards
    2 weeks    ICU
        


    1 week      Continuity Clinic & Ambulatory Care


    2 weeks    Night Float    
    2 weeks    General Medicine Wards
        


    1 week      Continuity Clinic & Ambulatory Care


    2 weeks    Cardiovascular ICU
    2 weeks    Night Float
        


    1 week      Continuity Clinic & Ambulatory Care


    4 weeks   Geriatrics   
          


    1 week     Continuity Clinic & Ambulatory Care


    1 week     Vacation
    3 weeks   Oncology Wards
          


    1 week     Continuity Clinic & Ambulatory Care


    1 week     Ambulatory Care
    1 week     Vacation
     

    Sample Resident Schedule


    2 weeks    General Medicine Wards
        


    2 weeks    ICU
        


    2 weeks    Outpatient Rheumatology
        


    2 weeks    ICU
        


    2 weeks    Outpatient Oncology
        


    2 weeks    Night Float
        


    2 weeks    Outpatient Nephrology
        


    2 weeks    Medicine Consults
        


    2 weeks    General Medicine Wards
        


    1 week      Ambulatory Care
    1 week      Vacation


    4 weeks    Elective 
        


    2 weeks    ICU
        


    2 weeks    Cardiology Wards
        


    2 weeks    General Medicine Wards
        


    1 week       Vacation
    1 week       Ambulatory Care


    2 weeks    Outpatient Neurology
        


    2 weeks    Elective
        


    2 weeks    GI
        


    1 week      QI Patient Safety Week
    1 week      Sleep Medicine


    2 weeks    Night Float
        


    1 week      Outpatient Pulmonology
    1 week      Vacation


    2 weeks    ICU
        


    2 weeks    General Medicine Wards
        


    1 week      Addiction Medicine
    1 week      Vacation


    2 weeks    General Medicine Wards