How does your residency program handle natural disasters?

[Star Maim the Cold]

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When the facility you are working at shuts down are you given the days off with no repercussions or do they use your PTO days?

 

[dassie]

On rotations when we are considered "essential staff" (generally all of our inpatient months) we were expected to make it to the hospital, or to stay at the hospital if we didn't think we would be able to make it back to the hospital if we went home. They had cots and stuff set up in specific areas and would give you food and such.

During our outpatient years you just got a free day off if the clinic was closed for inclement weather. Didn't have to formally make it up but you did generally end up squeezing in a lot of people on the remaining clinic days.

 

[Bartelby]

Same as above. I think that is standard.

 

[Star Maim the Cold]

So when a facility shuts down it is not commonplace for them to take PTO time?

 

[downwithDTB]

That sounds super shady and questionably legal. I'd be on the first bus out dodge if that happened.

 

[Mass Effect]

When the facility you are working at shuts down are you given the days off with no repercussions or do they use your PTO days?

Hospitals never shut down, so I assume you're at an outpatient clinic. If so and your clinic shuts down, you may have to report to the hospital to help out. This will be program dependent.

 

[psychattending]

Depends on the program.

 

[Mad Jack]

Free day off if clinic is closed, hospital you make it to no matter what. Local police can provide a ride if needed in a true disaster scenario

 

[dassie]

So when a facility shuts down it is not commonplace for them to take PTO time?

Are you talking about an inpatient facility or a residential or outpatient? (I can't think of an instance in which a hospital would CLOSE unless the weather situation was truly dire) Also, by "shut down" do you mean literally close its doors and ship the patients out somewhere else, or do you mean when a hospital is on diversion or something?

Basically I would guess that if the hospital expects employees to be there (ex. you are considered essential staff) then you would need to take a personal day to be excused. If the hospital does not expect anyone to be there, it would be bizarre to be required to request those days off.