Creative Ancillary Staffing at DC Children’s Hospital

Dr. Arun Chopra trained at DC Children’s
Hospital from 2000-2003.

As ACGME work hours have become a reality, many programs have attempted to come into compliance by resorting to “creative scheduling” and having fewer residents cover the same work load. For many housestaff, this has unfortunately squeezed the educational and patient care activities we value the most. At DC Children’s hospital we found an effective, relatively low-cost solution to this problem by convincing the administration to hire new staff called “Patient Care Coordinato