Wellness Resources

Recommendations

• Where to live

• Where to eat & drink

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Benefits

• KCH CIR

• Downstate UUP

• MMC CIR

• Resident Payscales

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ACGME Requirements

• ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Neurology

  • Duty hour restrictions:

    • Clinical and educational work hours must be limited to no more than 80 hours per week, averaged over a four-week period, inclusive of all in-house clinical and educational activities, clinical work done from home, and all moonlighting

    • Residents should have eight hours off between scheduled clinical work and education periods.

    • Residents must have at least 14 hours free of clinical work and education after 24 hours of in-house call.

    • Residents must be scheduled for a minimum of one day in seven free of clinical work and required education (when averaged over four weeks). At-home call cannot be assigned on these free days.

    • Clinical and educational work periods for residents must not exceed 24 hours of continuous scheduled clinical assignments. Up to four hours of additional time may be used for activities related to patient safety, such as providing effective transitions of care, and/or resident education. Additional patient care responsibilities must not be assigned to a resident during this time.

    • Residents must be scheduled for in-house call no more frequently than every third night (when averaged over a four-week period).

    • Time spent on patient care activities by residents on at-home call must count toward the 80-hour maximum weekly limit. The frequency of at-home call is not subject to the every- third-night limitation, but must satisfy the requirement for one day in seven free of clinical work and education, when averaged over four weeks. At-home call must not be so frequent or taxing as to preclude rest or reasonable personal time for each resident.

  • Time off:

    • ​There are circumstances in which residents may be unable to attend work, including but not limited to fatigue, illness, family emergencies, and parental leave. Each program must allow an appropriate length of absence for residents unable to perform their patient care responsibilities. The program must have policies and procedures in place to ensure coverage of patient care. These policies must be implemented without fear of negative consequences for the resident who is or was unable to provide the clinical work. 

    • Residents must be given the opportunity to attend medical, mental health, and dental care appointments, including those scheduled during their working hours.

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Resources for Parents

• Talk to your coresidents who are parents! We are your best resource :)

• Park Slope Parents

  • Huge community of Brooklyn parents, with info on everything about raising kids in Brooklyn, from nannies to weekend events to stroller recommendations. Highly recommend joining as a member, or at least signing up for their email list. Lots of discounts for members.

• Lactation room locations​

  • KCH: D5N "mothers' room" all the way in the back​ past the double doors

  • UHB: 3rd floor near main elevators, first door on the left when you turn into hallway toward L&D (room A3-469)

  • MMC: just before front desk in neonatal ICU

  • VA: 1st floor (not ground floor) in the hallway of the President's Office - have to get the key from staff in the President's Office at the end of the hallway. If on VA nights, can use the ICU resident call room.

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