Veterans Affairs Medical Center
The Denver VAMC is a 300-bed hospital serving veterans and their families both from the state of Colorado as well as from surrounding region. The hospital is equipped with a fully staffed ICU, complete imaging capabilities and subspecialty care. 24 hour ancillary services are available for blood draws, EKGs, transport, etc. so resident time can focus on medical decision making and learning. The inpatient medicine service includes teams of one R2, two R1’s and two junior students. Residents rotate on a traditional q4 call cycle admitting both ward and ICU patients. Crosscover is handled by OBMT residents Monday through Friday and by ward interns Saturday and Sunday. The VA is the only hospital in our system with an open ICU policy. Morning report is held everyday at 7am and is run by the chief medical resident and attending physicians. Noon conferences are held at our neighboring hospital, Rose Medical Center, everyday with lunch being provided the majority of the time.
In addition to inpatient medicine at the VA, all residents will complete 2 – 3 months of in house call on our outpatient based medical team (OBMT). OBMT combines daily clinic with consultative medicine. Residents are on call approximately 5 times a month Monday through Friday with no weekend call. During the day, OBMT serves as the DVAMC acute care clinic providing care to veterans that need to be seen the same day or the following day for acute medical issues not requiring the emergency department. OBMT also serves as an avenue for timely follow up from a recent hospitalization or primary care visit. In addition to urgent care, OBMT provides medicine consultation to the surgical and psychiatric teams and crosscovers for the ward medicine teams at night. OBMT morning report is held everyday from 7:30 – 8:30 and is run by the ambulatory chief medical resident and two primary care attendings.
The VA houses numerous electives including geriatrics, ambulatory care and all manner of subspecialty services.
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