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Sick Call

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Slack Notification

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For timely communication related to urgent sick call coverage, all attendings should download the Slack app to their phone and join the UABEM Slack workspace.

Please email Stu Booth (jamesbooth@uabmc.edu) for an invite.

To ensure your phone is set to receive sick call notifications, please follow these steps:

  • Click the triple dot button in the top right.

  • Go to Settings at the bottom.

  • Set Notifications to "All new messages"

  • Set Notifications "Sound" to something other than "None"

  • Turn off scheduled "Do Not Disturb"

 

Sick Call Coverage

This policy was developed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the possibility of multiple physicians becoming sick simultaneously.

This policy is a contingency for rare circumstances when urgent coverage is needed, and no one voluntarily picks up the shift.

Sick call “shifts” are assigned on Qgenda similar to regular shifts.

Basic Details:

  • Two 12-hour calls per day (6a - 5:59p, 6p - 5:59a)

  • Call covers any shifts that start during the assigned timeframe

  • Call does not cover unfilled shifts due to staffing

  • All faculty and fellows participate excluding part-time irregulars

  • Participants cover 12 to 24-hours of sick call per month on average

  • Faculty with less clinical hours will cover more sick call on average

Activation Process:

  • For emergencies only, such as unanticipated illness or family emergency

  • Faculty should contact the applicable medical director as soon as possible

  • If time permits, the medical director will put out a message on Slack

  • The medical director will make the final decision to activate sick call

  • The medical director will be responsible for contacting the person on call

  • Once activated, the sick call person is responsible for that shift

KEYWORDS: sick, coverage, shift