Academic Programs

Frequently asked questions:

1. How are the clinical rotations set up?
2. What are clinic responsibilities, and how is the outpatient medical clinic organized?
3. What sort of teaching conferences are available at the hospital?
4. What type of help is available to the residents?
5. How active is North General Hospital in Medical Research?
6. What is an average day for an intern?
7. How often are the interns on call?
8. Does an intern have to come in on weekends if he /she is not on call?
9. Is North General Hospital compliant with the ACGME and New York State 405 regulations on hours worked?
10. What has been the Internal Medicine Board pass rate?
11. What areas have recent graduates specialized in?
12. How would you describe the medical attending staff?
13. What are ancillary services like?
14. How well does Radiology operate?
15. Why should I choose North General Hospital?

Q. How are the clinical rotations set up?
A. Each rotation is approximately 4 weeks long.

PGY-1 year:
All except one rotation (Ambulatory) are dedicated to direct inpatient care.
This includes a total of 1 rotation each in:

• ICU
• Night Float
• Telemetry

The remainder are on the general medical floors. During the Ambulatory rotation, the intern also rotates through the Psychiatry and Eye Clinics. They also have one elective month at North General Hospital.

PGY-2 year:
Consists of 5 months of managerial inpatient responsibility, on the:

• Night Float
• Special Service
• General Medical floors
• ICU (where they supervise the interns).

The remainder of the year is spent in the:

• Emergency Department
• Ambulatory Clinic
• Subspecialty Rotations

The second year resident while in ambulatory also rotates through the:

• Gynecology Clinic
• Cardiology Clinic

They also have one elective month at North General.

PGY-3 year:
The senior residents responsibilities for the year are divided between:

• Consultative
• Medical
• Surgical Subspecialties
• ICU

The senior resident has two elective rotations at a medical facility of their choosing.

Q. What are clinic responsibilities, and how is the outpatient medical clinic organized?
A. The interns report to their Primary Care continuity practice 1-2 (1/2 day) sessions per week except during the ICU rotation where they don’t have clinic and during the Ambulatory rotation when they attend 8 sessions per week . The other sessions are spent in the Ophthalmology- Psychiatry Clinic. The panel of patients comes from the intern’s in-patient panel and from graduating residents’ patient panel. Interns inherit in July a graduating resident’s panel. In addition in patients from their in patient service are discharged to the continuity clinic.

PGY 2 and 3 residents attend their fixed clinic once or twice per week.

There is also an Ambulatory rotation in the 2nd year where the resident is dedicated full time to Primary Care practice except for 2 sessions when she/he attends the Gynecology Clinic and Cardiology Clinic.

Q. What sort of teaching conferences are available at the hospital?
A. Core Curriculum topics are presented during the month in addition to Clinico-Pathological, Radiology, Rehabilitation, Medical Consultation, Ambulatory, EKG, Pain & Palliative Care and Medical Surgical Conferences. There are also daily “Harrison’s Club” presentations and Morning Report conferences where admissions of clinical interest are presented and discussed. Medical Grand Rounds take place weekly.

The Journal Club occurs monthly. Senior Residents also present their research projects. In addition to the didactic conferences, teaching Rounds occur daily on the various Medical subspecialty, in patient and ambulatory services.

Q. What type of help is available to the residents?
A. Each resident is assigned an attending who serves as faculty advisor. In addition, interns are paired with a PGY2 or 3 mentor during their first year. Our program strives to provide a supportive environment for our residents. Consistent with this , the members of the administrative team are available to assist you at any time.

Q. How active is North General Hospital in Medical Research?
A. All residents are required to complete a research or scholarly activity before completing the residency. Residents and faculty are also encouraged to publish in peer review journals.

Q. What is an average day for an intern?
A. See schedule as follow:

Q. How often are the interns on call?
A. Every 4th day, except during night float, ambulatory and elective rotation, when they are not on call.

Q. Does an intern have to come in on weekends if he /she is not on call?
A. The interns on the medical floors must come in on Saturday to see their patients and to write notes, unless they are on call Sunday.

Q. Is North General Hospital compliant with the ACGME and New York State 405 regulations on hours worked?
A. Yes. Residents can work no more than 80 hours per week (averaged over the month) and are not allowed to moonlight.

Q. What has been the Internal Medicine Board pass rate?
A. Our board pass rate for five years has been 100%.

Q. What areas have recent graduates specialized in?
A. Recent graduates specialized in the following areas:

Q. How would you describe the medical attending staff?
A. They are professional, skilled and dedicated to providing good health care to the community, and excellent training to residents in the program.

Q. What are ancillary services like?
A. One hundred percent (100%) of the hours are covered by IV Phlebotomy teams; 24-hour patient and specimen transport system; and 7-day EKG coverage. On every patient unit there are computer terminals available to retrieve lab data.

Q. How well does Radiology operate?
A. The Department of Radiology maintains all x-rays in a central location. Retrieval of film is organized and uncomplicated. Residents have access to radiologists who will review x-rays throughout the day.

Q. Why should I choose North General Hospital?
A. We are a small internal medicine primary care program that selects highly qualified / motivated applicants to join our residency training program. We offer the successful candidates quality one on one training in an academic collegial close knit setting.

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Frequently asked questions:

1. How many residents are in your program?
2. How are clinical rotations structured?
3. How is supervision structured?
4. How is the formal teaching organized?
5. How often are residents on call?
6. What opportunities are available for research?
7. What is the board pass rate?
8. Where have recent graduates gone after graduation?
9. Why should I choose North General Hospital?

Q. How many residents are in your program?
A. We are ACGME accredited for a total of 20 residents

Q. How are clinical rotations structured?
A.

PGY-1 year:
All months are completed at North General Hospital except for one month of Neurology at Elmhurst hospital

• 6 months of psychiatry (inclusive of one month on the consultation liaison psychiatry service)
• 3 months of inpatient medicine
• 1 month ambulatory medicine
• 2 months of neurology 

PGY-2 year:
The year is divided between psychiatry consultation liaison; psychiatry emergency; inpatient psychiatry and inpatient dual-diagnosis services at North General Hospital and 1 month of Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital

PGY-3 year:
A continuous year of outpatient psychiatric care of adults, adolescents, and children, with an emphasis on individual, group and family therapies.  An electronic medical record is available in the Mental Health Clinic.

PGY-4 year:
Residents continue to carry their psychotherapy patients for the year and spend the other half of their time on electives such as administration; forensics; community psychiatry and research.

Q. How is supervision structured?
A. We believe that supervision is integral for development of a psychiatrist. In addition to supervised patient encounters, all PGY-1 & PYG-2 residents receive a minimum of 2hrs/week individual supervision. Residents also begin a long-term psychotherapy case in their PGY-2 with individual weekly supervision.

In the PGY-3 and PGY-4 years, residents receive up to 4 hours/ week individual supervision on adult, child and adolescent psychotherapy cases, group and family therapies and pharmacology supervision from experienced on-site or off-site supervisors.

Q. How is the formal teaching organized?
A. All didactic time is protected.

PGY-1 and PGY-4 residents attend a half-day of classes at North General Hospital taught by the North General Hospital faculty and invited speakers.

PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents attend a full day of didactics at the Mount Sinai Hospital taught by the Mount Sinai faculty and invited speakers.

Q. How often are residents on call?
A. PGY-1 residents take in-house short call until 9:00 PM eight – ten times a month. PGY-2 residents are on overnight in-house call no more than every fifth night with the following day off. PGY-3 residents are on overnight in-house call approximately three times a month and there is no call in the PGY-4 year.

Q. What opportunities are available for research?
A. In addition to research that is targeted to understanding our population better, opportunities for clinical research are available through Mount Sinai and other affiliated facilities.

Q. What is the board pass rate?
A. There has been a 100% pass rate on the ABPN Part I examination for the past 4 years.

Q. Where have recent graduates gone after graduation?
A.

Q. Why should I choose North General Hospital?
A. We are a dedicated faculty of psychiatrists, psychologists and other mental health professionals who work together to fulfill the needs of an underserved community. We are committed to providing a supportive training environment for our residents and seek to recruit bright, highly motivated and ethical candidates to join our close-knit team.

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Frequently Asked Questions:

1. How many residents are in your program?
2. How are clinical rotations structured?

Q. How many residents are in your program?
A. We have a complement of three residents, one in each year of our three-year training program.  The third year resident becomes the Chief Resident.

Q. How are clinical rotations structured?
A.

• Orthopedic Surgery; per case
• Orthopedic Clinic: 2 sessions – weekly
• Podiatry Clinic: Monday PM, Tuesday AM; Thursday AM, Friday PM
• Emergency Room: Call
• Journal Club (Podiatry): Tuesday 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
• Medicine Grand Rounds: Wednesday AM, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
• Surgery Grand Rounds: Thursday AM, 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
• Video Conference Daily: PM (independent study)