Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Night Float Rotation Rotation Specifics: 1. Night float is on Sunday-Thursday nights from 6 pm to 6 am. 2. All call is in-house. 3. The night float resident will see all consults and take all outside calls which come in after 5pm; be the operative resident on any cases which start after 8:00 pm and will begin taking the floor calls once the hand-off from that team has occurred. 4. Beginning at 7:30 pm the night float resident will take over in any running ORs. Goal 1. Consults. Know how to evaluate and treat inpatient and emergency department consult patients. Resident Objectives: Be the initial contact resident for all consults at SHC and LPCH services including the emergency department.
Perform initial evaluation of all consult patients. Be familiar with the EPIC medical record systems and be able to access information appropriately. Understand the importance of confidentiality in patient medical records. Consistently demonstrate courtesy when interacting with clinical and non-clinical staff members. Perform a literature search to learn more about unusual patient problems. Create a complete and coherent consultation note in a timely fashion. Utilize translation services to communicate with non-English speaking patients as needed.
ACGME Competency Goals Patient Care Medical Knowledge Interpersonal and Communication Skills Systems-Based Practice Patient Care Medical Knowledge Patient Care Professionalism Systems-Based Practice Interpersonal and Communication Skills Professionalism Medical Knowledge Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Interpersonal and Communication Skills Professionalism Interpersonal and Communication Skills Systems-Based Practice Professionalism
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