Inpatient Duties

PGY-1 (Internship)

The major responsibilities of PGY-1 residents (interns) include:

• Initial evaluation of new patients and the development of an initial work-up and management plan to be discussed with the upper level resident.
• Evaluating patients daily to monitor progress and develop proposed adjustments to the management plan.
• Discussing the treatment options and, when appropriate, end-of-life issues with the patient and patient’s family to develop a plan of management most in accordance with the patient’s wishes.
• Writing history and physicals, daily notes, and discharge summaries.
• Attending all morning turnovers, morning reports, grand rounds, and noon conferences.
• Maintaining the patient list for check-out to the night float team.

PGY-2 and PGY-3 (Upper level residency)

• Accepting and discussing admissions with the emergency department in order to determine the proper disposition of the patient (i.e. floor, step-down, ICU).
• Supervision of interns and medical students.
• Coordination with the attending and pharmacist to arrange team rounds.
• Preparing M&M and Journal Club.
• Educating interns and students in topics related to internal medicine.
• Stimulating medical students to read and give brief presentations on key internal medicine concepts related to their patients.
• Reviewing and presenting current literature relevant to patient care.
• Fostering an environment conducive to education and the delivery of high-quality patient care.