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Professional Development
Resident Coverage of OR Cases
The resident carrying the ER Consult Beeper (a.k.a. “the bomb” – 9-2086), will be responsible for providing the initial evaluation of all Orthopaedic consultations during the day (7:00 am – 6:00pm), i.e. the same coverage responsibility as first call during the evening. The daily call pager resident coverage should be discussed weekly between the available junior residents. The Orthopaedic Nurse Practitioner will respond to many routine calls during the day helping to facilitate flow of operative cases. Surgical Assistants will be utilized for scheduled cases in the main OR on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Each Resident (Junior and Senior) MUST attend at least one half day of scheduled outpatient visits every week with an attending on the service, and SHOULD average at least two half days of outpatient visits per week. The use of beepers during scheduled cases detracts from the care of the patient most in need of our full attention, the patient on the table. Therefore, the operating team should turn off or hand off their beepers while scrubbed on a case. It is the responsibility of the residents and attendings scrubbed in on surgery to promptly attend to their calls and clinical business prior to and following the scheduled surgical procedure. For additional information, please contact: |
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