Primary Call
- Primary call is taken by the PGY-2 residents.
- The night float system starts once the PGY2 residents feel adequately prepared to take on primary call on their own, which usually takes place in mid to late July.
- Night float is one of the 5 rotations for first year residents.
- The night float and adult daytime consult resident (also a first year rotation) alternate night float and daytime consults responsibilities every 2 weeks.
- Night float covers Sunday night through Thursday night.
- Friday night (4:30 p.m. - 7:00 a.m), Saturday (7:00 a.m - 7:00 a.m.), and Sunday daytime (7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.) are covered on a rotating call schedule by the first year residents not on night float.
- Night float shifts begin at 4:30 p.m. and end at 7:00 a.m. The night float resident is expected to attend morning lecture from 7 to 8 AM and sign out to the daytime consult resident.
Night float/call responsibilities include:
- ER and inpatient consults at Vanderbilt Hospital (VUH), Monroe Carell Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, and the Nashville VA Medical Center (VAMC)
- Management and follow-up of inpatients followed by VUH, Monroe Carell, and VAMC Ophthalmology services
- All admissions to the Ophthalmology services at these hospitals
- Answering calls and performing any necessary after-hours visits from Vanderbilt Eye Institute patients
Senior Call
- Call is rotated among the PGY-3 and PGY-4 residents on a weekly basis.
- Senior call responsibilities include:
- Performing all emergent surgical procedures under the supervision of the attending physician
- Overseeing the admission of all patients to either VUMC, Monroe Carell, or VAMC
- Assisting the first call resident with any questions or problems he or she might have in the course of the call
- Rounding on weekends on all new inpatient consults with the attending on-call
Buddy Call
Buddy call begins during the second half of PGY1 year during their ophthalmology rotations to prepare residents for primary call in July of PGY2 year.