Work Hour Types in New Innovations

Work Hours must be recorded to reflect every day that you work or are on call.

Shift – Regular working hours that do not fit any of the other work hour types.

Clinic – to be used when working in a clinic.

Continuity Clinic – to be used when working at a continuity clinic.

Call – to be used when doing overnight call.

Post Call – to be used after a 24 hour overnight call to complete paperwork and patient transition activities.

Conference – to be used when attending conferences, journal club, didactics, and other educational events

Moonlighting – to be used when moonlighting, either internal or external.  Must be approved by your Program Director.  PGY-1 cannot moonlight.

Night Float – To be used when working any night float rotation or shift

Vacation/Leave – Vacation, sick leave, educational leave.  Per ACGME rules, any days scheduled as Vacation/Leave are NOT counted as days off for day off requirements.

At Home Call-Not Called In – to be used when at home during home call.  Any hours logged on this work type do NOT count towards the 80 hour week.

At Home Call-Called In – to be use when called in to work during at home call.  Any hours logged on this work type DO count towards the 80 hour week.

Break / Not Working – to be used for short breaks throughout the day.  This should be used to fill in any gaps in working time to prevent a “Short Break” violation.  Any time recorded with this work type counts towards the 24 maximum shift length and 80 hour work week limits.


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