Inpatient Adult Medicine – Residents spend time each of their three years on the adult inpatient service at Providence St. Joseph Hospital, in 2 weeks blocks. The residents service functions as one of 5 hospitalist teams, caring for almost all adult patients in the hospital. Our team consists of 3 or 4 residents with a senior resident coordinating the service. Attending physicians are either Family Medicine residency faculty or hospitalists. Our goal is for residents to be prepared to care independently for patients with a wide range of illnesses by the end of their third year of training. As the major community hospital in our region, our residents get to treat patients with common medical problems typical in any community hospital. However, as the only regional medical center in a large area, our residents also treat a variety of "unusual cases". We encourage our residents to write up their "unusual cases" and you can see a number of their presentations above.
Night Float - Second and Third year residents have rotations in the hospital on Night Float. They work a 7PM to 7AM shift for 6 days each week. They cover the residents inpatient service at night and also work with the hospitalist "Nocturnist" in the Emergency Room admitting patients to the hospital overnight. On the rare occasions when things are quiet, they can catch a few winks in one of the residents sleep rooms in the hospital.
