Typical Rotation Schedule
During each year of training, the house officer assumes more and more responsibility for direct patient care.
PGY-1 Categorical
- General Medical Floors: 7-8 Months
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: 0-1 Month
- Night Float: 4 Weeks
- Intensive Care Unit: 3 Weeks
- Ambulatory Medicine (Clinic & Clinic/Elective): 8-9 Weeks
- Vacation: 1 month
PGY-1 Preliminary
- General Medical Floors: 8-9 Months
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: None
- Night Float: 4 Weeks
- Intensive Care Unit: None
- Elective: 7-8 Weeks
- Medicine Subspecialties
- Radiology
- Dermatology
- Vacation: 1 month
PGY-2
- General Medical Floors: 2-3 Months
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: 0-1 Month
- Night Float: 2-4 Weeks
- Intensive Care Unit: 2-4 Weeks
- Intensive Care Unit Nights: 0-2 Weeks
- Telemetry: 3-5 Weeks
- Telemetry Nights: 0-2 Weeks
- RCU/MSD: 2-4 Weeks
- RCU Nights: 1-3 Weeks
- Ambulatory Medicine: 8-9 Weeks
- Elective: 7-8 Weeks
- Vacation: 1 month
PGY-3
- General Medical Floors: 3-4 Months
- Night Float: 2-4 Weeks
- Intensive Care Unit: 2 Weeks
- Intensive Care Unit Nights: 2 Weeks
- Telemetry: 3-5 Weeks
- CCU Nights: 2 Weeks
- Ambulatory Medicine: 8-9 Weeks
- Elective: 8-9 Weeks
- Medical Triage: 4-6 Weeks
- Vacation: 1 month
Note: The current rotation and coverage schedules are subject to change in accordance with Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education's (ACGME) new policies and regulations regarding resident duty hours.