Resident Handbook - UC Davis Health System

days of a particular illness, long term sick leave hours may be used. Mercy Medical Centerrecognized holidays do not require special accounting and do not detract from PTO hours unlessthis occurs during scheduled vacation. A bank of long term sick leave begins to accrue at thebeginning of employment with Mercy. For additional PTO, short term sick leave, and long termsick leave policies (i.e. pregnancy), the Mercy Medical center human resources departmentand/or the residency office should be consulted.PERSONAL DAYSResidents have two Personal Days (mental health days) each year - only one day is allowedduring a given rotation. These days are to be scheduled at your discretion, but personal dayscannot be used to extend vacation time and service coverage must be maintained. The ProgramDirector, the health center, co-resident(s), the chief resident and your service attending must benotified if you are taking a personal day. It is acceptable for these days to be used for personalreasons (religious holiday, birthday, anniversary, etc.). Hospital call must be covered, as mustscheduled health center clinic time. Policies relating to leave may be modified to meetrequirements and policies of the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Collegeof Graduate Medical Education.Once a year, however, residents may make one unscheduled clinic change with at least 10working days notice so staff can contact patients prior to their appointments. One-time clinicchanges may be done for personal time off (PTO), or work reasons: CME, interviewing for afuture job, or elective rotation time. Additionally, the change must be approved by the clinicmanager (Judy Ward) to make sure that it will not effect clinic staffing. The residency office hasthe appropriate paperwork. We ask that you begin the paperwork as soon as possible to makethese days as smooth as possible for all concerned.PRESCRIPTIONS:Hospital Discharge: A licensed resident preferably writes discharge orders and prescriptions,using his/her name and license number. If an unlicensed resident writes discharge orders, thenthe attending physician must sign the orders and the attending physician’s name and number areused. The resident must indicate on the discharge order the name of the attending and the date ofdischarge as this is used both for medications and a variety of other health care agencies (e.g.“Discharge from the Service of Dr. . Follow-up with Dr. or with”)The following items will apply to prescriptions for controlled substances effective 1-1-05:• Schedule II drugs:o These drugs must be written using a controlled substance prescription pad and signed bythe physician specific for that prescription pad, whether it is an attending or licensedresident with a DEA number.Page 102 of 153C:\Documents and Settings\dhutak\Desktop\rshb13.doc