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Rotation, Lecture and Call Schedule

First Year

At Westchester, the resident clinic varies between comprehensive ophthalmology clinics and subspecialty clinics according to a schedule.  All clinics at Metropolitan Hospital are resident clinics, and there is always supervision present at both institutions. 

Westchester		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Non-consult Resident	AM	Private Cornea	Private Neuro	Resident Clinic	Resident Clinic	Research
	PM	Resident Clinic	Resident Clinic	Consults/ Refractive Surgery	Private Retina	Resident Clinic
Consult Resident	AM	Consults	Private Cornea	Consults	Consults	Consults
	PM	Resident Clinic	Consults	Research	OR - Cornea	Resident Clinic
Metropolitan		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Resident	AM	Cornea	Glaucoma	General	Retina	OR/General
	PM	General	General	General	General	General

 
Second Year

Westchester		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Resident	AM	Private Neuro	Research	Resident Clinic	Resident Clinic	OR - Peds
	PM	Resident Clinic	Resident Clinic	Consults	Private Retina	Resident Clinic
Metropolitan		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Resident	AM	Peds	Peds	Peds	Peds	OR – Peds
	PM	OR - Cornea	Laser - Glaucoma	Peds	ROP Check	OR – Peds

 
Third Year

Westchester		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Resident	AM	OR – General	Resident Clinic	Resident Clinic	OR - Cornea	Pre-op Clinic
	PM	OR - General	Private Plastics	OR - Plastics	Private Retina	Resident Clinic
Metropolitan		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Resident	AM	OR - General	OR - Retina	OR - General	Retina	OR - Plastics
	PM	OR - Cornea	General	General	Laser - Retina	General

 
Call Schedule

Primary call is typically taken by the first year residents to give them the most experience in triaging and being primary responders to ocular emergencies.  During the first two weeks of residency the first years take “buddy call” with the second years.  Call is then taken Q4 (1 weekday per week and 1 weekend per month).  While on call, the resident covers both Westchester Medical Center and Metropolitan Hospital.  The first year resident will always have a senior resident and attending accessible for help if they feel overwhelmed. 

Backup call is taken by both second and third year residents.  This unique feature allows the second years to obtain surgical experience dealing with ocular emergencies very early in their training.  There is an on call attending for general ophthalmology, oculoplastics, and retina at all times. 

Academic Schedule

Lectures are held in the Macy Pavilion resident conference room at Westchester Medical Center from 7:30-9.  Lectures are video-conferenced and can be accessed from anywhere in the world with computer or cell phone.  An academic schedule is produced for each month, but a typical week is as follows: 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
BCSC Review Course	NYEE Retina Lecture	Grand Rounds	Self Study/ Wet Lab	Pathology

 

Each Monday there is a review lecture in various subspecialties that follows the outline of the AAO’s Basic and Clinic Science Course.  Tuesday morning residents are able to attend in person or teleconference to New York Eye and Ear’s retina conference.  Each Wednesday there is grand rounds, which includes journal club, case presentations, and morbidity and mortality discussions.  The first Wednesday of each month includes 3 hours of optics.  Thursdays are dedicated to self-study time, and often there are wet lab opportunities at New York Eye and Ear. 

In addition to the morning schedule the residency program hosts a monthly evening lecture with an invited speaker which is attended by many local ophthalmologists in the area.  The residents are also encouraged to attend dinner lectures held by the Westchester Society of Ophthalmology, which their participation is paid for by the department. 

New this year to the academics in the residency program include attendance of the Columbia Basic Science Review Course for the month of January (for second year residents) and the purchase of the Comprehensive Ophthalmology Review Course produced by Doheny Eye Institute and Jules Stein Eye Institute.

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