The Typical Schedule for the Year
The table shows rotations during the 3 years of training. Our academic year is divided into 4-week blocks, thus there are 13 blocks in each year. A few rotations may be for two weeks and are therefore shown as "0.5" blocks. Please Note: the table below is an approximation for a house officer in a given year. The spectrum for individual house officer's in each year may vary somewhat, though not substantially.
| Ward Rotations | MICU/V.A. ICU | CCU | Night Float | Jeop. | Amb. | ED | Elective | Vacation | |
| PGY-1 Cat. | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5*
| 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 ^
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| PGY-1 Prelim | 6.0 | 1.5† | 0.5*
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 ^
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| PGY-2 Resident | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 ^
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| PGY-3 Resident | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.5‡ | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 ^
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* PGY-1 interns, both categorical and preliminary, will do 2 weeks (0.5 block) of night float, which may be at Yale or at the West Haven VA Hospital.
† PGY-1 preliminary interns who will be going on into anesthesia will have the opportunity to have 8 weeks (2 blocks) of ICU training.
‡ PGY-3 residents will spend 2 weeks (0.5 block) at the West Haven VA Hospital on the Medicine Consult Service. Please see Inpatient Education at the VA for more details about this rotation.
^ All house officers receive a total of 4 weeks (1 block) of vacation during each academic year: two weeks (0.5 block) in the first half of the academic year and 2 weeks (0.5 block) in the second half of the academic year.
