Medical Student Clerkship: In-House Call
In-house call is optional, but highly encouraged. All call is general surgery call at Toledo Hospital. Overnight call is from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
You must stay on campus during the entirety of your call night.
If you would like to participate in overnight call please sign up by emailing Claudia and she will keep an updated calendar on her office door. We can allow for two students on call per night. No more than 2 calls per each 4 week block. In addition, please do not sign up for call on days before important exams/functions and/or the day before a new rotation or around a holiday. We cannot allow two students on the same service on call the same day. You are obligated to your service (including conferences) until noon post call day unless your service excuses you early, however you are expected to leave by noon and are excused from all activities post call after noon.
Our call is general surgery call regardless the rotation you are on. You may sign up for service call with your specialty rotation instead if you prefer. When reporting for general surgery call you must report to the general surgery resident on call and the senior night float.
All call will be verified and reported to the residents, therefore if you sign up for call and do not take it there will be penalty, but you may cancel with sufficient notice or “swap.” We need to accurately represent you if you are considered post call. A professional behavior report will be filed for “post call” students that did not take the call they signed up for. AHEC, Riverside, and St. Joes call follow our general guidelines. Toledo Hospital students talk to their team if they are interested in overnight call.
Overnight call is a good experience and can be a prime educational benefactor. In addition, a lot of very interesting things happen at that time.
There are call rooms at TTH on 2nd floor of Legacy and call rooms 20-29 are open to first come first served.