Baptist Radiology Resident Calls
Sample Schedule
| 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. |
Evening Shift Monday - Sunday |
| 5:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. | Short Float |
| 10:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. |
Night Float |
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Weekends |
Sample Call Distribution by Year
(Subject to change each year with new board exam format)
1st Year
- Residents participate in 5pm – 10pm evening shifts and 8am – 5pm weekend shifts with other residents and staff present
1st year Resident expectations include: Complete month-long core rotations in Chest, GI/GU (x2), Body CT (x2), Neuroradiology (x2), Interventional Radiology (x2), Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, and Inpatient Fluoroscopy
2nd Year
- 1-1.5 weeks of short float
- 4 weeks of night float (divided over 2 months)
- 8am – 5pm weekend shifts
2nd year Resident expectations include: Further exposure to Musculoskeletal, Pediatric Radiology (2 months in the 2nd year at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital)
3rd Year
- 6 weeks of short float
- 2 weeks of night float
3rd year Resident expectations include: Pediatric Radiology (1 month in the 3rd year at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital), Musculoskeletal, American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP) (3rd or 4th year)
4th Year
- 2 weeks of short float
- 2 weeks of night float
4th year Resident expectations include: Electives, AIRP (3rd or 4th year), advanced Chest/Cardiovascular radiology with exposure to Cardiac MRI