Oral Surgery first residents... how many days are you on call...Q2,Q3?

[Arhat]

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So First year OMFs residents, can you please let me know how many times are you on call? Q2,Q3,Q4, and is it for everyweek?

The reason why is that some programs requires you to be be on call q2 or q3 as well as take some medical school courses in the 6 year OMFS/MD program. Furthermore, imagine if you didn't have a ENT or plastics department to alternate every month. Well, I guess sleeping is forbidden during first year.

 

[Bifid Uvula]

I was Q2 for facial trauma during my internship. We had NO E.N.T or Plastics facial trauma coverage, and the hospital was the only Leve-1 Trauma Center for a 45 county radius.

We took Home-Call, but sometimes that meant between 1-6 trips in a day/night to the hospital. There's nothing like sleeping in your own bed though...beats the hell out of a call-room.

Q2 for us didn't mean one day on, one day off-call... We broke things up in such a way, where sometimes we'd be on call for 2,3,4 days in a row, and then have a few days off inbetween. Basically, we took call for about 14-16 days out of the month, and had 2 weekends off.

Sleep is a precious commodity, that you won't become very familiar with... between that bloody pager going off constantly, staying to complete cases in the OR, reading to prepare for upcoming cases, and reading to prepare for the PIMPING that you'll face.

 

[Arhat]

Well, I am in an OMFS/MD residency program right now and I am taking calls q2 as well as going to medical school and also dental clinic. So I have to do this for the whole year. I think this is the most stupid curriculm ever. I rather just become a full time student or a fulltime resident. Come on, how can one learn about Oral surgery material when I am learning about what bacteria causes UTI. Just ******ed.

 

[DDS_1_2007]

Well, I am in an OMFS/MD residency program right now and I am taking calls q3 as well as going to medical school and also dental clinic. So I have to do this for the whole year. I think this is the most stupid curriculm ever. I rather just become a full time student or a fulltime resident. Come on, how can one learn about Oral surgery material when I am learning about what bacteria causes UTI. Just ******ed.

You have to take OMFS call while in medical school? Is it a really small program? Sounds like when you're in medical school, you ought to have nothing to worry aboy but medical school. Are many programs like this? I didnt ask on my interviews.

 

[Nitro23]

Programs that make you take calls during medical school generally give you a stipend or pay part or all of your medical school tuition. In my program, you don't get paid and you are responsible for the full amount of medical school tuition. So we don't have any obligation to oral surgery during med school and we don't take calls during med school.

 

[ddstothecor]

Well, I am in an OMFS/MD residency program right now and I am taking calls q2 as well as going to medical school and also dental clinic. So I have to do this for the whole year. I think this is the most stupid curriculm ever. I rather just become a full time student or a fulltime resident. Come on, how can one learn about Oral surgery material when I am learning about what bacteria causes UTI. Just ******ed.

Tell me where you are, quick (before the pass match ranking deadline)! I'm ready for hell, but I'm not ready for that much hell...

 

[scalpel2008]

Well, I am in an OMFS/MD residency program right now and I am taking calls q2 as well as going to medical school and also dental clinic. So I have to do this for the whole year. I think this is the most stupid curriculm ever. I rather just become a full time student or a fulltime resident. Come on, how can one learn about Oral surgery material when I am learning about what bacteria causes UTI. Just ******ed.

i did that. it's not bad. med school isn't bad. and when your # of calls go down during your later years, you are literally getting paid $500-$800 per call. i say its worth it. but, if the med school is ridiculously expensive, it's not. and besides, it sort of keeps your fingers wet.

 

[GatorDMD]

I was Q2 for facial trauma during my internship. We had NO E.N.T or Plastics facial trauma coverage, and the hospital was the only Leve-1 Trauma Center for a 45 county radius.

We took Home-Call, but sometimes that meant between 1-6 trips in a day/night to the hospital. There's nothing like sleeping in your own bed though...beats the hell out of a call-room.

Q2 for us didn't mean one day on, one day off-call... We broke things up in such a way, where sometimes we'd be on call for 2,3,4 days in a row, and then have a few days off inbetween. Basically, we took call for about 14-16 days out of the month, and had 2 weekends off.

Sleep is a precious commodity, that you won't become very familiar with... between that bloody pager going off constantly, staying to complete cases in the OR, reading to prepare for upcoming cases, and reading to prepare for the PIMPING that you'll face.

Ditto what he said. Plus no call during Med school and Moonlighting$$.