Housestaff Schedules
Frequently Asked Questions:
1) Who makes these schedules?
The chief
residents design the block and day-to-day schedules,
you can click on AMION.com for your
assigned clinic days. Patient scheduling is coordinated at each clinic
site. Ms. Christina collado
uploads the schedule for the housestaff at the AIM
Clinic; her extension is x5-0677, and her e-mail is chc9091@nyp.org Dr. Debbie Finklestein and her staff coordinate the schedule for housestaff at
You may
also contact Dr. Steve Mackey for questions regarding the PGY I OPD Block
schedule, and Nancy Chang, MD for all other questions relating to the resident
ambulatory program. The OPD
Block schedules appears here.
All
cancellations need to be approved by the Chief Residents AND Dr. Chang. Please email all request for cancellations to
the chief residents. Click
here for clinic cancellation policy.
2) How do I fit in a rapid follow-up for a discharged patient,
if I am fully booked with new and old patients?
Several
mechanisms exist to ensure rapid access of ambulatory follow up for your
discharged patients. If scheduling a
following up with another provider, please be sure to put an electronic
note to communicate any issues for
follow up. If you are unable to see a
discharge patient in a timely fashion, see below for a list of other possible
providers:
1. ward
team residents, or ward co-intern.
2. Your FIRM team members or FIRM attendings and your Firm NPs
3. other
residents on ambulatory months
4. consider
“overbook” your own schedule, often there may be no shows.
3) How can I check my schedule?
Housestaff
schedules are distributed soon after the publication of the Day to Day schedule
from the Chief Residents Office. This
will then be entered into the Soarian scheduling
system If you have any questions, call Ms. Collado x5-0677. You can check which patients are scheduled
by accessing the Soarian system. (if you are off site
you need to sign onto Citrax)
4) What if there's a mistake in my schedule?
Mistakes may
happen with over 180 providers in clinic. The more proactive you are about
checking your schedule in advance, and helping to clarify mistakes, the better.
Just let us know as soon as you know of any problems.
5) How many patients are scheduled to see me,
and what if I get overwhelmed in clinic?
Depending
on the year of training and the time of the academic year, our residents can average
anywhere from 2-5 pt visits/session. It is not often that residents get
overwhelmed with a lot of pts. If and when it happens, just let your clinic PIC
know early if you anticipate problems.
They will help to redistribute patients to less busy providers
(residents, NPs, and attendings).
6) What are the
"rules" governing my clinic schedule?
The rules
for block and continuity clinic are
summarized here.