Re: Thomas Jefferson FACT Program
Hi Apoptotic,
No, you do not have to go to the hospital the night before to write up care plans. I had heard many programs do this but so far, we have not had to (I assume because our schedule is so full already that would be nearly impossible). (Not sure about the 2-year program, but I don't think they go to the hospital the night before either.)
The first rotation (med/surg) is done completely at Jefferson. Starting with the second rotation, they begin adding in other hospitals (for example, we just chose our telemetry rotations and the choices were for units at Jeff, Bryn Mawr, Riddle, AEMC and Virtua). I've heard the hospitals are different for each rotation from the second rotation on.
The way you choose the rotations is the same for all of them (the first med/surg rotation included). They give you a list of options which includes day/time/instructor/unit/hospital, and you list your first three choices. They try to give you one of your top 3, but it doesn't always work out that way. For med/surg I was given a rotation I hadn't chosen at all, but for telemetry I got my #2 choice.
We have been told we need to do one weekend rotation (either S/S or S/M) during the year. Not sure if they're actually tracking this.
(Note: they don't guarantee anything, but if you have a special circumstance that requires you to have/not have a specific schedule - eg. a wedding so you don't want a weekend rotation - you can note this on the form. It's up to them if they take your circumstance into account, but it seems that they usually do.)
Think I mentioned this before, but rotations are either three 8-hour days per week (M-T-W) or two 12-hour days per week (S/S, S/M, M/T or T/W). Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any more questions.
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