Top Programs with Night Float

[jasaroony]

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It seems like virtually all of the "elite" academic programs have a q4 call schedule for the wards. Does anyone know of any Top 50 Academic Internal Medicine Programs that have night float?

Thanks

 

[futureres]

UNC and UVA (I liked UVA>>UNC personally) both operate on NF systems and seem to do it well.

 

[GMed]

BIDMC has a full night float. Wash U has a strange night float/q 8 or 10 overnight call.

 

[atsai3]

It seems like virtually all of the "elite" academic programs have a q4 call schedule for the wards. Does anyone know of any Top 50 Academic Internal Medicine Programs that have night float?

Thanks

Night float and regular call are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Some programs have Q4/Q5 wards and a "night float" that takes new admits after a certain time.

-AT.

 

[ScotchBonnet]

I believe Ohio State has a night float system for most of the floor months. The ICU and maybe cards are exceptions.

 

[Super Mario]

Duke currently has a hybrid system for interns:
1) Q4 overnight call X 3 months (CCU, Gen Med VA, Gen Med Durham Reg)
2) Q5 overnight call X 2 months (Gen Med Duke)
3) Night float X 3 months (Oncology wards, Neurology wards, Cardiology wards --> typically 3 weeks of days and 1 week of nights per month)
4) No intern call or night float X 2 ward months (MICU, Renal, Pulmonary)
5) No intern call or night float X 3 months (Ambulatory, Elective)

This adds up to 13 months because the schedule varies a little bit for everybody in terms of specific number of weeks on each service (e.g. -ICU blocks are 3 weeks, some rotations are 2-3 weeks long, etc)

I believe this is a nice way to experience the pros and cons of both systems.

 

[IM Substance P]

As I understood during interviews, University of Pittsburgh would be 100% night float within the next 18 months.

Northwestern has night float except in the MICU. All other rotations have no overnight call I think.