The educational goal of night and weekend calls at Riverside University Health System (RUHS) is to provide residents with supervised experience seeing patients with acute and emergent psychiatric issues that arise after hours, developing skills in independent clinical decision-making, and determining when to consult senior psychiatric colleagues and consultants. Only first-year residents will start to take call during the 2024-25 academic year, and first- and second-year residents will start call in the 2025-26 academic year. The UCR Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program adheres to all ACGME clinical and educational work-hour limits.

PGY-1

First-year residents take psychiatry call when they are on rotations in the Inland Empire, specifically during RUHS, UCR, Pacific Grove, and Loma Linda VA rotations, which are less than an hour's drive to the RUHS campus. Residents are released from their clinical site by 4:30 pm to commute to RUHS in time for their assigned call shift. The different shifts are as follows:

Short Call

• Mondays through Thursdays, 5:30 pm-10:30 pm (5-hour shift)
• Fridays, 5:30 pm-midnight (6.5-hour shift)
• Residents are scheduled for 10-11 short calls per year.

Weekends and Holidays

• Saturday, 8 am-8 am (24-hour shift); Approximate call frequency: 2-3 shifts per year
• 8 am-8 pm (12-hour shift); Approximate call frequency: 2-3 shifts per year
• 8 am-8 pm; Approximate call frequency: 1 shift per year

Residents are assigned 15-17 call shifts per year. If the number of call shifts changes, we ask residents to be flexible. At all times, RUHS faculty provide supervision as faculty backup for residents while they are on call at RUHS. Supervising attending physicians are readily available for indirect supervision by telephone, with direct supervision available.

PGY-2

There is no call currently. Starting the 2025-2026 academic year, second-year residents will start taking call at RUHS.

PGY-3 and PGY-4

Third- and fourth-year residents do not take call in our program.