Clinic Rules 2011:

 

General:  Clinics start at 1pm.  Some exceptions are in the Allen Wards, MICU, AICU, and Chief of Service days on some ward rotations, during which clinic starts at 2pm.   If clinic falls on the first day of a rotation for interns (except in the ICU), it is cancelled.  Residents will have clinic on the first day of a new rotation except during the first block of the new academic year. 

 

1.       GM1, GM2, Cardiology:  Clinic 1pm Mon-Thurs post call for residents and pre-call for interns.  

2.      Oncology: PGY 2 inpatient: Clinic 1pm on pre-call PGY 1 Amb  Oncology: 2pm Thu and Fridays

3.       ID:  Mon-Wed post-call for residents and Tues-Thurs pre-call for interns.  Thursday intern clinics start at 2pm due to chief of service.

4.       Senior Medicine:  One pre-call clinic every other week for a total of 2-3 sessions per rotation.

5.       Allen Wards:  No clinic for residents.  Mon-Thurs precall day for interns effective block 5.  

6.       CCU:  1pm Mon-Wed pre-call for PGY2, see AMION for PGY 1 clinic date.

7.       MICU: 1pm Mon-Wed pre-call for residents, see AMION for PGY 1 clinic

8.       AICU:  One morning per week for each senior in AICU Mon-Wed 2pm pre-call for interns. 

9.       Medicine Consult:  Wed morning clinic on Medicine Consult, Thursday morning clinic on pre-op. (There is no preset clinic for 3 person pods, block 4&7)

10.   OPD:  OPD Block Schedule will be mailed to you 1 week before block.

11.   Geriatrics/CRC:  average 2 session per week to be scheduled by Geri/CRC staff

12.   Senior/Junior electives:  -E1- Two continuity clinics/week.  E2 – One clinic/wk for PGY3 –Two clinics/wk for PGY2.  Please check AMION or Soarian for your scheduled dates. **on E1, rarely AIM residents may be scheduled to cover one walkin clinic instead of one continuity clinic.

13.   Intern electives:  Two continuity clinics/week (check AMION and Soarian)

14.   Neurology:  Friday AM Clinic

15.   ER: One clinic session per week for a total of two sessions, Tuesday mornings for PGY2s and Friday mornings for PGY3s. 

16.   Health System- 1 week rotation, there will be no clinic that week.

 

AIM Clinic Cancellations Policy:

 

To ensure our patients’ continuity and quality of care, your best efforts should be made to avoid unnecessary or last minute clinic cancellations. Cancellations of any outpatient clinics or conferences must be approved in advance by the Chief Residents and/or Dr. Nancy Chang. The clinic program is not authorize to give additional days off beyond what you receive from the hospital, days off requests need to first go through Dr. Tenenbaum and the Chiefs. Depending on the reasons for cancellations, you may be asked to make up additional clinic time.

 

If you do need to cancel a session, please alert us as soon as possible;

For:

  1. Predictable cancellations- (example: away E2 electives, ACLS/BCLS training, Boards part III, routine physician appointments, jury duty, conferences, “special” life events) Please communicate this request to us at least 2 months in advance.   Email instruction below.
  2. Unpredictable cancellations- (example: last minute fellowship/interviews, last minute jury duty notices, personal/family illnesses) these must be communicated as soon as you are aware of the dates.  
  3. Cancellations during the OPD blocks need to be approved in advance by Dr. Nancy Chang. Coverage will be required for cancelled walk-in clinics (coverage may be required for last minute cancellations of preop).
  4. Clinic will not be cancelled or altered to accommodate personally arranged shift swaps and pay back.
  5. Fellowship/job Interviews -Please Email us as soon as soon as you confirm the interview dates. Depending on the number of sessions/pts cancelled, we may ask you to provide alternate clinic dates to ensure patient care do not get compromised.  Each request need to be submitted with The Fellowship Pogram’s name. Depending on the number of sessions/pts cancelled, we may ask you to provide alternate clinic dates to ensure patient care do not get compromised.    During OPD blocks, coverage will be required for any assigned walk-in clinics (cvg may be required for last minute cancellation of preop depending on the number of pts scheduled). To help you plan your interview dates, feel free to email Dr. Chang for an advance copy of the OPD block schedules.

 

All AIM Clinic cancellation emails should be addressed to all 3 of the following: Christina Collado (chc9091@nyp.org), chief residents (intmedchiefs@columbia.edu), and Dr. Chang (nmc5@columbia.edu).   ACNC residents must copy chiefs and Dr. Finkelstein.