MGH/McLean Residency Training Program in Psychiatry

Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Edition Massachusetts General Hospital, 1999

PART 3 / CH 63

MGH: APS Call

WhatWhoWhen
Junior callPGY-II APS rotatorsSun-Thur, 6pm-10am*
Weekend Junior callPGY-II Blake rotatorsFri, Sat 6pm-10am*
Senior evening callPGY-III and IV’sMon-Fri, 6pm-?
Senior weekend dayPGY-III and IV’sSat, Sun 9am-6pm
Training callsPGY-III and IV’sNightly 6pm-8am Sun-Thur,

6pm-9am Fri/Sat

*Excepting if a training call falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the PGY-II resident is to arrive at 9am, with the shift lasting until 10am the following day.

Call responsibilities

(Refer to call responsibilities outline distributed with the call schedule for specific details of calls)

- Arrive on time to participate in APS board rounds which occur daily at 6pm and 10am

- Coverage of the APS, voluntary walk-in clinic, consultations to the emergency room patients, Blake 11 and general hospital coverage as needed.

- Disposition of assessed patients for psychiatric follow-up

Resources while on call

- Senior resident who is on call

- Attending back-up (per schedule in APS)

- APS Chief resident

- Dr. Kathy Sanders

- Child Psychiatry fellows and attendings (per schedule in APS)

- Consultation by medical, surgical, pediatric teams as needed

- BEST team: 1-800-981-HELP