Service Rotations

Clinical rotations will generally be of three-month’s duration; the resident will be assigned to one faculty member per rotation. The assignments will be made by the director of the training program in collaboration with the departmental chairman. Responsibilities of the resident will include:

1. Seeing consultations, discussing the patient in detail with the appropriate faculty member, making treatment recommendations and dictating the history and physical.
   
   
2. Participation in the simulation of the patient with the help and guidance of the faculty member.
   
   
3. Reviewing the treatment plan with the faculty member.
   
   
4. Initiating the patient’s treatment and reviewing the port films and set-ups with the faculty position.
   
   
5. Following the patients on treatment with the faculty physician, including weekly visits and writing a progress note.
   
   
6. Every patient, at conclusion of his/her treatment, will be seen by the resident together with the faculty physician, at which time future plans will be discussed and an end-of-treatment report dictated by the resident.
   
   
7. Seeing patients in follow-up with faculty physicians and dictating appropriate notes.
   
   
8. Sharing in the care of inpatients with the assigned faculty physician. Residents who have patients in the hospital over the weekend shall see them or make arrangements for the resident on call to do so.
   
   
9. Residents shall wear their pagers at all times during the day and shall inform the on-call resident of any anticipated problems during after hours.
   
   
10. Each staff member has research time scheduled each week. During this time, the resident is responsible for questions or problems that arise regarding patients on treatment.
    
    
11. It is expected that the residents will study and read under the guidance of their individual faculty members.
    
    
12. Each resident will be expected to review a subject area and present to faculty and other residents, several times a year.
    
    
13. It is required that, during the four-year residency, each resident will perform basic or clinical research and prepare a presentation and paper suitable for a national meeting or for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
    
    
14. Residents will be expected to work in a harmonious manner with other members of the Department. It is hoped that, as residents mature under the guidance of their chief resident and faculty physicians, they will learn to handle patients, chart work and teaching in an efficient, responsible and professional manner that will allow all of us pride in our involvement with the KUMC educational program.