HOw do Internship thing works like float and other common terms in internship?
A. The thing is before starting the residency it is hard to understand all the common terms used but some common terms like FlOAT, ok the float is the person who covers for the whole service, lets say in a hospital there are four int. med teams, one team would be on call every nite and the rest of the teams who leave at 5 or 6 PM would check out their patients to FLOAT so that during nite he can take care of patients. some hospitals do have services like Hepatology , Hematology, and others and their admission if come during nite hours then float has to admit those and tell the respective teams in the morning about those patients. Usually float hours are different in different hospitals but its usually to cover nite hours..Check out patient information should be appropriate and to the point and the website below allows you to make good check out list. it’s a free site. http://www.medcalc.com/checkout Ambulatory, means clinic like outpatient clinic where you as resident go and see patien
