Resident Rotations and On-Call Schedule

Typical Resident Rotations

Our three-year residency training program provides an excellent balance among inpatient, outpatient and procedural opportunities. Typical resident rotations are scheduled in two-month blocks, except where noted.

PGY2: Inpatient rotations

• Stroke
• Brain injury
• Medically complex/neuromuscular
• Musculoskeletal medicine
• Spinal cord injury
• Hines VA Hospital (Hines, IL)

PGY3: Rotations

• Pediatrics: Inpatient and outpatient
• Outpatient musculoskeletal and sports medicine (four months)
• Hines VA: EMG and outpatient
• Hines VA: Interventional spine
• Elective/selective

PGY4: Rotations

• Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinics (three months)
• Electrodiagnostic medicine (EMG)
• Lovell Federal Health Care Center Outpatient Clinics
• Hines VA: General outpatient clinics
• Senior Inpatient
• Consults (one month)

Typical Resident On-Call Schedule

All residents are assigned to in-house on-call duties following ACGME requirements. No resident is on-call more than once every third night. A typical on-call schedule might be as follows:

• PGY2: Approximately four times per month
• PGY3: Approximately two times per month
• PGY4: Approximately once per month

For additional information, please email Yana Panos, residency program coordinator, at yana.spedale@nm.org.