This question is for residents:
When does your monthly call schedule come out? I am currently in a program that does not release the monthly call schedule until a day or two before the next month starts. Literally it may be the last day of the month and you have no idea that you are on call the next day. This also means that planning your life around the 4 days off a month is impossible. To make matter worse the schedule that is released hours before the month starts, often gets changed multiple times during the first 1-2 weeks.
We have talked with our program director and the attending that makes the schedule but they actually refuse to even address the topic anymore. They state that this is just the way it is and we need to deal with it. Is there some ACGME rule as to how much notice residents are to get before the start of a month, or guidelines about changing an already released schedule?
Thanks.
When does your monthly call schedule come out? I am currently in a program that does not release the monthly call schedule until a day or two before the next month starts. Literally it may be the last day of the month and you have no idea that you are on call the next day. This also means that planning your life around the 4 days off a month is impossible. To make matter worse the schedule that is released hours before the month starts, often gets changed multiple times during the first 1-2 weeks.
We have talked with our program director and the attending that makes the schedule but they actually refuse to even address the topic anymore. They state that this is just the way it is and we need to deal with it. Is there some ACGME rule as to how much notice residents are to get before the start of a month, or guidelines about changing an already released schedule?
Thanks.