General Psychiatry Residency Program - The Univ of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Call Responsibilities

Call should be interesting and educational as well as required. The department tries to make call responsibilities meaningful, but at the same time at a frequency which will not interfere with other educational opportunities or the ability to have quality time away from work.

PGY-1 Call

Psychiatry (5 or 6 calls/month)

Primary Care (at their call rates, usually every 4th or 5th night)

PGY-2 Call

Residents not on Consultation/Liaison or Night Float: 5 calls/month

During the C/L rotation, home pager calls are divided among the residents (usually one week at a time, every 3 weeks). Additionally, one weekend shift per month.

During Night Float shift Sunday - Thursday. (No other clinical responsibilities except for psychotherapy patients).

PGY-3 Call

Emergency Center (1-2 nights/month) 5-10:30 p.m. (No holidays).

PGY-4 Call

A week at a time, with a beeper from home.

Senior residents provide administrative backup to the other residents on call.

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