Welcome to Internal Medicine at Western!
PGY1 Orientation Education Office Staff – Who we are: Ana Malbrecht Education Manager Marnie Bensette Postgraduate Program Officer Jen Fawcett-Cornish Evaluation Coordinator Lara McKinlay Education Assistant Deb McLaughlin Visiting Electives Administrator Marika Wilton Undergraduate Education Assistant
PGY1 Orientation Education Office Staff – How we communicate: Please monitor your Western and LHSC email accounts Email: Note: you can forward to UWO email to another account. Continue to check periodically so it doesn’t exceed storage capacity which would disable the account Important: Check your email daily We will contact you by pager when it’s urgent. Pagers must be on at all times and disabled Pager: when you’re unavailable. Please familiarize yourself with BEEP Important: You must answer your pages We often post event reminders and requests for call coverage on Facebook Facebook: Important: Join our Facebook group
Pager Forwarding LHSC has recently implemented a new paging system called • BEEP You can manage your pager settings on the BEEP website - • https://sso.lhsc.on.ca/sign/in?back=https%3A%2F%2Fbeep .lhsc.on.ca%2F
Vacation and Leaves Vacation 20 week days + 8 weekend days – any increment up to 7 days per block Away-from-call Requests 3 consecutive days per block Educational & Conference Leave 7 week days Exam Days 3 days – must be for actual exams Floater Day 1 day per year Stat Replacements as assigned – given after working on holiday Christmas/New Year’s 5 days - December 22 – 26 and December 28 - January 1 (Common Day December 27) – will open for requests in the fall Other Maternity, Paternity, Compassionate Post-Call First Day of Block Not a vacation but VERY IMPORTANT to let your service know you will be absent on the first day of a block
Vacation and Leaves Send your requests in as early as you can but at least by the beginning of the • previous block Vacation can be taken in any increment up to 7 days per block • We ask that you take your vacation starting on a Tuesday – Friday (not on a • Saturday, Sunday or Monday) You can have a maximum of 14 days off during CTU (in addition to Windsor) • It is helpful to provide additional details concerning your vacation and away • from call requests to help us in scheduling Approvals/Declines are automatically generated through the Domeducation • email but are actually approved or declined by the contacts shown in the Vacation Categories document Plan your leaves in advance •
Away from Call Requests 1 request per block up to 3 days Away from Call Requests indicate a preference not to be scheduled. • They are not guaranteed and not approved until after the completion of the on-call schedule for that particular block. Vacation or other formal requests take priority over away from call • requests Limit of one Away from Call request per block (up to 3 days) – you • cannot use this feature to book every weekend off – you will be expected to work 2 weekends per block.
Call Schedule Highlights The Call Schedule is sent out 2 weeks prior to start of a block • On many rotations, you will be scheduled to work 2 (two) weekends • You can view your personalized call schedule on our website under Personal • Schedules There are some services that cross-cover CTU and Cardiology – Allergy, • Clinical Pharmacology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Geriatrics, Hepatology, Medical Oncology, Research, Rheumatology, occasionally Infectious Diseases – check schedules carefully! Please check the schedule located on our website for the most up-to-date • information
Changes …after the schedule has been released After the call schedule is sent, all changes must go through the Chief Medical • Resident (CTUs) or the appropriate individual . Contacts are in the Vacation Categories document You are required to find your own coverage for last minute/emergency absences • Please refer to the • Protocol for Processing ad hoc CTU Call Schedule Conflicts If changes for that day are required and have been approved, please send to • domeducation@lhsc.on.ca by 3:15. If changes take place later, please contact the switchboard and ensure DOM knows about the changes to update their information by emailing domoncall@lhsc.on.ca Windsor CTU – All changes must go through the Education Assistant •
Academic Half Day AHD will take place on Wednesday afternoons at 2 pm for IM1 • residents Location may change weekly – please watch your email and check • one45 for updates Attendance is mandatory unless you have a reasonable excuse (e.g. • post-call, vacation, sick, etc.) One45 - Attendance must be tracked in One45. Weekly evaluations of • the presentation must also be completed AHD will be video-conferenced to community sites, including Windsor •
Topics Covered in Orientation Document Any questions? Important Dates Websites of Interest NEJM and UptoDate Vacation FAQs Academic Half Day Call Schedule Highlights Education/Travel Allowance Questions you may have Journal Cub Contact Information
PGY1 Orientation Opportunities for involvement in the Program: • PGY1 Representative on IMRTC - Nominations subject to resident vote • Social and Support Committee • CaRMS and ISR Interviews • Wellness Committee • EM/IM Working Group • Buddy Program • Ad hoc Taskforces and Working Groups
Top 10 Ways to be an AWESOME Resident (from our perspective) Communicate with us! Tell us if you are planning a leave, need special 1. accommodation, planning a big family vacation, etc. Respond to your emails daily 2. Complete your evaluations 3. Take advantage of the Wellness Committee activities and support 4. Join our Facebook group 5. Volunteer for call when we send out a request for help 6. Visit our website 7.
Top 10 Ways to be an AWESOME Resident (from our perspective) Work with your colleagues! 8. Check your schedule thoroughly 9. Ask questions and make suggestions for ways we could improve your 10. experience here. We are here to help!
PGY1 Picture & Social Event There will be a group photo as well as individual photos for your profile • immediately following this presentation. Please take the elevator the Main Floor rear door (MR on the elevator) and go out the double doors to your left upon exiting the elevator Social at Toboggan Brewery on Richmond Street – 4:45 pm •
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