yes, every weekend except the 6-8 you're on call PGY2

> not OP but i also have a question im too scared too ask in case it comes off as too dumb lol but what exactly is call? like you're wokring in clinic the full day and then at night time you might also be called in for consults? or youre not working/waiting at home to see if you're gonna get consults all day? or is it like 24 hours on call? >depends on the rotation. Sometimes you're in clinic all day but also carrying the pager and you see consults in between or after clinic, this is usually for less busy call services. You can also be on inpatient consults and just on 24 hour call not seeing patients in clinic otherwise for the week. Someone else usually takes over on the weekend.

<current derm res: every program does it differently. At my program you are on normal clinic during the full day and then starting after clinic is over, you take over all the pagers and see any consults that come in overnight until the next day. You still have to work in clinic the next day. Usually weekday and weekend residents are different (split up).

except if you match at Harvard? i guess?

will NOT be matching @ Harvard lol thanks guys for the responses :-)

also don't be afraid to ask residents about call - it's super important to know

friendly reminder that you can check things like average hours/week and average days off/week on Residency Explorer! some programs are surprising!!

harvard has an average amount of call ~12 weeks but more consult time compared to most programs