Georgetown University/Department of Medicine

	Categorical PGY-1	Preliminary PGY-1
Ward Months	5 months	5 months
Critical Care	2 - 2.5 months	2 - 2.5 months
Emergency Medicine	1 month	1 month
Day Float/Night Float	0.5 months	0.5 months
Elective	4-6 weeks	8-10 weeks
General Internal Medicine	1 month	NONE
Vacation	1 month	1 month
Total	12 months	12 months

PGY-1 ward months occur at Georgetown University Hospital (GUH), Virginia Hospital Center (VHC), and the Washington DC VA Medical Center (VAMC)
PGY-1 critical care months occur at the GUH ICU, WHC CCU, Fairfax CCU, and ARL ICU/CCU
Emergency Medicine and Day Float/Night Float occur at GUH
General Internal Medicine occurs at the GUH Internal Medicine Clinic
Electives (50% inpatient and 50% outpatient) can be done within any medical subspecialty, neurology, dermatology at GUH or the VAMC, with other Departments (with approval), or away (1 month per year)
Interns may pursue a cardiology elective at GUH or at the Washington Hospital Center (WHC)
The elective month can also be used as a research month.

PGY-2, 3 Internal Medicine Block Schedule 2007-2008

	Categorical PGY-2	Categorical PGY-3
Ward Months	3 months	2 months
Critical Care	1 - 2 months	1 month
Medicine Consult	0-1 month	0-1 month
Day Float/Night Float	2 - 4 weeks	2 - 4 weeks
Geriatrics	NONE	1 month
Primary Care Rotation	1 month (optional)	1 month (optional)
Electives	4-5 months	4-6 months
Vacation	1 month	1 month
Total	12 months	12 months

PGY-2s and PGY-3s complete ward months in the above locations as well as Fairfax Hospital (FFX) and the National Institutes of Health and National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)
Critical Care months may be completed at the FFX ICU or CCU in addition to the sites mentioned above
PGY-2s and PGY-3s are required to complete a medicine consult month once during those two years (50% inpatient and 50% outpatient)
Day Float/Night Float can be at GUH or the VAMC
Geriatrics is split between GUH, VAMC, and the Washington Home (a local Nursing Home run by a GU faculty member).
Primary Care Rotation month is an optional elective for PGY-2s or PGY-3s
PGY-2s and PGY-3s may pursue the electives mentioned above as well as research or away electives

** ALL interns and residents will have a consecutive six-day break during the Christmas / New Years time frame (either Christmas week or New Years week) **