Clinical Experience and Education. Clinical Experience and Education is established in compliance with the GMEC Clinical Experience and Education Policy and ACGME Common Program Requirements, Section VI.F.1-8. Residents may be assigned night rotation and weekend duties on a regular basis. The Program shall establish fair and reasonable schedules of hours of duty for residents, as well as adequate and defined off-duty hours. The Program shall maintain a policy on Clinical and Educational work and work hours that is in keeping with the educational objectives and patient care responsibilities of the Program. The Program will monitor the Clinical and Educational work hours. In turn, residents are required to participate in tracking work hours per the Program protocol. When a resident is assigned to a rotation in a program different from his/her Program, the guidelines of that assigned program apply. Time spent on patient care activities on at-home call must count towards the 80-hour maximum working limit. Hours spent moonlighting will be counted in the 80 hour work week and must be pre-approved by the Program Director. First year residents cannot moonlight. Each individual residency program will determine when and if their residents can moonlight.
Clinical Experience and Education. House Staff Member understands and agrees that the hours of duty will vary with the clinical area to which the House Staff Member is assigned. The Hospital shall maintain an environment conducive to the health and well- being of the House Staff Member, in accordance with duty hour restrictions imposed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. House Staff Member shall refer to the GME Institutional Policies/House Staff Manual for a complete description of the Clinical Experience and Education Policy.
