How do students obtain clinical experiences outside the regular clinical schedule to meet the call experience requirement?

Standard III, Criterion C19 (2004 Standards) and Standard E.10 (PDS) require programs to provide “opportunities for students to obtain clinical experiences outside the regular clinical schedule by a call experience or other mechanism.” Call experiences are planned clinical experiences outside the normal operating room schedules. Assigned duty on shifts falling within these hours (e.g., 3-11PM, 11PM-7AM, weekends, etc.) is considered the equivalent of an anesthesia call, during which a student is afforded the opportunity to gain experience with urgent and emergent cases. Although a student may be assigned to a 24-hour call experience, at no time may a student provide direct patient care for a period longer than 16 continuous hours.