FAQs
Question: Will I need a car at LIJ?
YES. You should have a car if you come to LIJ for your residency. If you get housing at LIJ, then you should be able to walk from the housing to the hospital. But you will need a car when traveling to our other clinical sites. Jacobi medical center is in the Bronx and NUMC is in Nassau County. Both are about 15-20 from LIJ by car.
Question: Where do most residents live?
LIJ housing is offered to all LIJ residents via a lottery system. Some of our residents live in housing, but most stay elsewhere. About 2/3 of our residents live in the surrounding area of Nassau and Queens Counties. The remainder of our residents live in Manhattan or Brooklyn. The Upper East Side is about 20 minutes from LIJ and a convenient place to live if you prefer living in Manhattan.
Question: How do I get from JFK or LaGuardia airport to LIJ?
The easiest way to get from the airport to LIJ is by taxi. Taxis are available in both airports, and a one way trip will be about $40.00. Most cabs take credit cards. Public transportation is available via bus from both airports to LIJ. Go to the following site for more information: http://tripplanner.mta.info/
For a map of the buses and subway system in NYC go to the following site: http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/index.html
When returning to the airports you can call the following taxi service for pick up from LIJ:
AAA taxi: (718) 343- 6622
Gen-Belle Car service: (718) 347-3222
Call Taxi: (718) 321-1400
Turnpike car service: (718) 275-2626
New Hyde Park Great One Limo: (516) 466-1166
Question: What about parking at LIJ?
Parking is provided in our visitor’s garage for all applicants at no cost for the day of the interview. Please obtain a voucher for parking from Sandie Luciano the day of the interview. For residents, parking is free of cost in the employee’s parking garage.
Question: How many shifts do I work each year?
PGY1: 18-19 shifts/4 week block
PGY2: 17-18 shifts/4 week block
PGY3: 16 shifts/4 week block
PGY 4: 15 shifts/4 week block
We follow these guidelines when creating your schedule, but some blocks may require seniors to work more shifts depending on staffing requirements. All shifts are 12 hours. Fast track shifts are assigned to each resident during pediatric and adult ER blocks.
Question: How many patients am I expected to see per shift?
The goal of our residency is to prepare you to function like an ED attending. So ultimately by your fourth year you should be seeing on average 2 patients /hour. So in the first year we would like for you to see at least 0.5 to 1 pt/hr. The number is merely an estimate and of course you may see more or less depending on the complexity of the case. By the time of graduation you should be seeing 2pt/hr.
Question: Can you moonlight while you are a resident?
Yes. You can moonlight within the NSLIJ Health system as a third or fourth year. The moonlighting hours count toward your total weekly work hours, and cannot exceed work hour rules. Also there are moonlighting opportunities at NSLIJ Employee Health Services.
Question: As I advance each year will I have additional responsibilities?
YES. As you become more senior, you will be expected to supervise junior residents/ medical students.
PGY2s are expected to supervise medical students. Medical students will be assigned to a PGY2 resident and the student will initially present the patient to the resident. The resident is expected to review the case and go over pearls with the medical student. The student will then present the case to the attending.
At the PGY 3 level , you are expected to mentor and teach the interns. During a shift you should be supervising PGY2 and PGY1 residents with procedures and complex cases. PGY3 residents also run the medical student weekly workshop. The PGY3 residents will formally review splinting, suturing, EKG basics, and Xray basics with medical students on a weekly basis.
As a PGY4 you will be the R.I.C. The RIC is the resident in charge. You will manage the red (acute) team and help control the flow of the ED. You will see every patient on the Red team and all the residents/medical students will present their cases to you. You will make all clinical decisions in consultation with the attending. You will assign cases to the junior residents, and run all medical and surgical resuscitations. In addition, as a PGY 4 you will have opportunities to participate in quality improvement projects and perform chart reviews.
Questions: How are weekly lectures structured?
You will not be scheduled to work a clinical shift the night before and the day of Wednesday conference. Wednesday conferences start at 7:30AM and continue until 12:30PM in the ED conference room. The majority of the lectures are given by our ED faculty. One to two lectures a session are given by residents. Residents are expected to give one to two; one hour lectures a year. In your last year you will participate in an M&M conference. Once a month we have Grand Rounds; where a nationally renowned lecturer in emergency medicine will visit LIJ and speak. Grand Rounds are held at the LIJ Teaching Center.
Questions: What type of jobs do LIJ graduates get?
Our residents get jobs in all aspects of emergency medicine: academic, community and fellowship training. Last year 1/3 of our graduates took a job at a teaching hospital, 2/3 took a job at a community ED. Each year we tend to have 1 -2 residents that decide to further their training via fellowships. We have graduates that have completed EMS, pediatric EM, international EM, research and critical care fellowships.
Question: Is LIJ an accredited residency program?
YES. We are fully accredited by the RRC until 2013.