General Medicine Wards
The general medicine ward service at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center consists of 8 teams, each comprised of an attending physician, one resident (PGY-2/3), at least two interns (PGY-1), and usually a medical student. Admissions are accepted on an 8-day call cycle with Long call being every 8 days. Most patients are admitted through the Emergency Department.
Please watch this orientation video prior to starting your wards rotation!
Goals & Objectives
Orientation
Before You Start
- Complete any necessary employee paperwork (e.g. human resources, health clearance) when notified by the Program Coordinator.
- Check AMION to verify your schedule as recent changes may have been made.
- Read the Wards Orientation Packet prior to arriving for details of the rotation
- If not previously done so, watch ORCHID Training videos and complete online assessment: http://www.uclaoliveview.org/orchidtraining
- Expect an email from the Chief Residents, which will include hand-off assignments and the AMION password.
- One day prior to your rotation, contact the outgoing housestaff for sign-out. You can find contact information in the email or AMION.
When You Start
- If you’re a new rotator, come meet and get oriented with the Chief Residents, at 7:30am in the Chief’s Office (2C195, use the door on the right).
- If you’re an intern, be sure to receive hand-off from the overnight cross-cover by meeting the Night Float Intern in the Housestaff Lounge 2C160 (6:30-7:00am latest)
- If you’re a resident and admitting (on call), check for new admissions to your team by meeting the Hospitalist Attending and Night Admitting Residents between 7:30-8:00am, currently in the 5B Call Suite (5B105).
- Make sure your pager is unforwarded!
For Rotators
- On the day you leave: Please make sure to return the following to the chiefs office (or housestaff lounge next to printer)
- Pager
- Parking pass
- Parking Hangtag
- MedHub: Please complete your evaluations on your OV MedHub account. Please contact Gus Chavez (gchavez@dhs.lacounty.gov) for any questions about MedHub.
Important Information
- For change in level of care from ED, place new Request for Admit and Admit to Inpatient orders with the new level of care. Do not place the Transfer Patient order as this will signal that the patient should be transferred to outside facility.
- For admissions/transfer to Telemetry, you must follow appropriate use of telemetry by reviewing the accepted indications and place the Telemetry Monitoring/Level of Care order to specify the indication and duration for cardiac monitoring. See the OVMC Telemetry Guidelines.
- For transfers in/out of the Step-Down Unit and ICU, you must enter the Transfer Inpatient Service/Level of Care and perform the Transfer Medication Reconciliation. For the reconciliation, go to the Orders page, click the Reconciliation drop-down menu, and select Transfer.
- For routine lab orders, routine collection times start at 0400 (AM Draw), 0800, 1300, 1700, 2100, and 0000. Use AM Draw for routine 4am morning labs. Do not use Timed Routine (phlebotomy cannot see these orders)
- Certain antibiotics are restricted and require ID approval, however you can still get the first dose without approval
- For personal items, there are lockers available in the Resident Lounge (2C160). Please bring your own lock to secure items.
- Stroke Protocol: Visit the OVMC Intranet > Departments > Neurology > Stroke
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