Are the patients at Georgetown “private” patients?
All patients admitted to GUH Medicine have a designated attending of record. The vast majority of these patients (over 95%) are admitted to full-time, on site faculty. Most of these patients are admitted to our full-time hospitalist service, and are essentially “service” patients. For every patient on the Medicine teaching service, the residents are the primary caretakers, manage the medical issues, have a high level of autonomy with appropriate supervision, and communicate with the attending physician (Georgetown is considered a “resident-run” hospital).
