Psychiatry Residency Hours and Call Schedule

Call at University of Maryland and Sheppard Pratt is a key component of our training.

This is an important part of the resident’s education and attention is given to ensure residents have the resources they need to be successful.

Most importantly, at every call there are layers of support and supervision, including seniors, chiefs, and attendings.

You also are provided with all the physical support including sleeping rooms, a lounge room, TV, and food within the hospital facilities and support services to enable you to concentrate on patient care and learning. As you can see from the call hours/schedule below, some rotations have longer call hours for shorter durations and other rotations have a night float system. We get feedback yearly about the schedule and incorporate new ideas!

PGY-1

On Service

• No overnight call
• Short-call (5pm – 10pm on average, 12am at latest) occurs on average once every six nights (weeknights only) at Sheppard Pratt Hospital and once every 3 to 4 weeks at University of Maryland (Thursdays and Fridays only)
• No call during 6 weeks of Psychiatric Emergency Services (which consists of 12-hour shifts, primarily days with a few overnight shifts)

Off service

• No overnight call
• Interns work every other weekend while on inpatient neurology and get one day off a week on internal medicine
• Emergency Department Rotation shifts range from 8-12 hours (mixture of overnight and day)

PGY-2

• No call during night float or Psychiatry Emergency Services
• Night float consists of 12-hour overnight shifts (Sunday – Thursday night), usually 2-4 weeks in the year
• Psychiatric Emergency Services shifts consist of 12-hour shifts (primarily overnight with a few day shifts)
• Inpatient at University of Maryland Medical Center call is approximately once every 6 nights: short call from 4pm – 8pm on Mondays – Thursdays, 24-hour call from 8am – 8am on Fridays and Saturdays, and 12-hour call from 8am – 8pm on Sundays.
• Sheppard Pratt call consists of a mixture of once every 4 day 24-hour call (for 4 weeks) and night float system with short call every 2-3 days (for 8 weeks – depending on vacation schedules)
• During Consult Liaison Psychiatry rotation, residents take two 24-hour Saturday calls at SEPH

PGY-3

24 hour on-site senior supervision at Sheppard Pratt or University of Maryland Medical Center approximately once every 15 days

PGY-4

24 hour on-site senior supervision at Sheppard Pratt or University of Maryland Medical Center approximately once every 15 days