Continuity Clinic

Continuity Clinic is an important part of your education during pediatric residency. The continued success of continuity clinics depends on adhering to the following guidelines. These guidelines have been created to maximize your educational experience while taking into account new RRC requirements.

  1. Arrive to Continuity Clinic Conference on time. The conference will begin promptly at 1215. If there are any problems with arrival to clinic, please make your preceptors aware of the situation.
  1. Your presence in clinic is expected until 1600. If you do not have a busy clinic, take the opportunity to discuss a topic or interesting patient with your preceptor. The RRC is mandating a maximum 80 hour work week. This limits the amount of patient exposure throughout your residency. You are encouraged to maximize every opportunity to learn. If you need to leave continuity clinic prior to 1600, it should be discussed with your preceptors prior to your departure.
  1. The RRC requires that interns evaluate 3 patients on average during each continuity clinic, PL-2’s 4 patients, and PL-3’s 5 patients. To document that our residency program is meeting this requirement, each intern/resident is required to print their accurate clinic schedule and place it in the 3-ring binder in the clinic conference room. This must be completed prior to departing clinic. Also, in order to meet the RRC requirement, if your clinic is not booked by the day of your continuity clinic, any open slots will be converted to acute appointments.
  1. Every attempt will be made to have each resident have a set continuity day (Mondays, Tuesday, Thursdays, or Fridays). The chief resident will determine continuity dates based on your block rotation, post-call days, holidays, and leave requests. This schedule will be forwarded to the resident for review prior to forwarding on to the clinic administrative secretaries. It is the responsibility of each resident to verify correct continuity dates with the chief resident in a timely manner. Any changes in continuity dates need to be cleared through the chief resident, and Ms Browne (WRAMC) or Ms. Dornell (NNMC) as soon as you are aware of the change.