For all medical student clinical rotations at UC Irvine Medical Center, Long Beach Memorial, Long Beach VA, CHOC, and outlying clinics affiliated with the UC Irvine School of Medicine, duty hours are limited to 80 hours per week averaged over four weeks, including all in-house call.
Medical students must receive one day in seven free of all educational and clinical responsibilities averaged over a four-week period.
In-house call must not exceed more than every fourth night averaged over a four-week period.
Continuous on-site duty, including in-house call, must not exceed 24 consecutive hours. Up to four hours of additional time may be used for activities related to patient safety, such as providing effective transitions of care, or student education.
During shift work, such as those in the Emergency Department, shifts should not be longer than twelve hours.
There should be an eight-hour rest period provided between all daily duty periods and after in-house call. Adequate time for rest and personal activities must be provided. Students must have at least 14 hours free of clinical work and education after 24 hours of in-house call.
Duty hours do not include reading, preparation, and other study time, whether spent in the library or away from the duty site.
Duty hours shall include work hours spent as an employee of the University.
Violations of this policy should be reported to the Course Director and subsequently forwarded to the Curricular Affairs Office.
This policy covers all medical students who rotate through the University of California, Irvine.
Students on externships away from UC Irvine will follow the other institutions' guidelines.
Students are required to accurately report their weekly duty hours and participate in prospective duty hour audits.
Students who are employees of the University will comply with the School of Medicine Employment policy.

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Last approved by SOM Committee on Curriculum and Educational Policy: May 8, 2017