University of Nebraska Department of Pediatrics
982165 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska 68198-2165
(402) 559-9538
Fax: (402) 559-5137
Conference Schedule
Departmental conferences, seminars, teaching rounds, and other structured educational experiences are conducted on a regular basis sufficiently to fulfill the educational goals set forth by the Residency Review Committee for Pediatrics. Attendance at conferences is mandatory. Listed below are the conferences and brief descriptions of each.
Call Schedule
Interns: While on Inpatient Wards and in the NICU, call is every 4th night. One month is spent as a Night Float at Children’s Hospital. The Intern Night Float works from 11am to 11pm. The other five months, interns cross-cover at Children’s or at UNMC, taking call an average of every 5-7 nights (4-6 calls per month). All call is in-house, and supervised by a senior resident.
Supervisors: All second and third year residents are put into the same call pool. While on wards at Children’s Hospital, in the PICU, or in the NICU, call is every 4th night. A second and a third year resident share supervision of the wards at UNMC. The PL-2 works days and the PL-3 works nights. Residents on elective and clinic months cross-cover at Children’s, in the PICU, or at UNMC, usually taking 3-5 calls per month.
The senior residents also share back-up call, which requires being available to cover for another resident in the event of an illness or emergency.
Currently, there are three months with no call responsibilities. Two of these are during the Emergency Medicine rotation, in which the resident works eleven weekday shifts from 4:00pm – 12:00 am, four weekend shifts from 12:00 pm to 12:00 am, and five weekday shifts from 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm. The third month is the Community and Rural Health month completed during the PL-2 year. As part of that rotation, the resident spends a week working in a clinic in rural Nebraska. Housing is provided for the resident and his/her family.
An example of a typical call/coverage schedule is available by clicking here (Adobe Acrobat file).