A Typical Day
| 7:00 am | Pre-Round on Patients |
| Review events from previous night | |
| Assess patients | |
| Work rounds with senior resident | |
| 8:00 am | Chief Resident Morning Report (over breakfast) |
| Discussion of learning and management issues | |
| Case presentations | |
| Board review | |
| 9:00 am | Attending Rounds |
| Approximately six hours per week | |
| Teaching in team room and at bedside | |
| 12:00 pm | Noon Conference (over lunch) |
| Wide-ranging topics presented by general medicine or subspecialty attendings | |
| Weekly Journal Club or Morbidity and Mortality Conference presented by Mercy preliminary residents | |
| 4:00 pm | Sign-out Rounds |
| 5:00 pm | End of Day |