Schedule Change Procedures

Goals

• Insure adequate patient care.
• Full unequivocal compliance with all resident work rules – all SURGERY housestaff will comply regardless of clinical rotation or hospital.
• Open, fair, and equitable system to respond to personal and academic conflicts. Ensure all residents involved with switches agree to schedule changes.
• Systematic approach with clear rules and expectations.

Process

• MASTER ROTATION ASSIGNMENTS are posted on the Medhub and kept current. Day to day schedules are posted on the department web site.
• The email request should be sent to the administrative residents.
• The email request is required to include:
  1. Purpose of the change, specifics in detail of the change and solution to assure coverage.
  2. Work rule compliance.
  3. Concurrence of ALL stakeholders.
• Requests without any of the above will automatically be denied.
• Emergency requests should be sent directly to the administrative residents (i.e. personal and family health issues, interviews, etc.)