Visiting Residents

If you are interested in scheduling a rotation at UPMC Hamot, please contact Angela Mulligan at mulligana3@upmc.edu. The request will be reviewed, acceptance of the rotation will be confirmed by the attending physician, and then you or your program will be contacted regarding the status. Please be aware that requests should be submitted at least four months prior to the requested rotation start date. If you have further questions,
call 814-877-4178.

Your Rotation is Approved. What’s Next?

No later than two weeks before the rotation begins, the visiting resident must upload the following documents into UPMC’s residency management system:

• Curriculum vitae
• Copy of training license and NPI confirmation
• Copy of USMLE or COMLEX scores (1, 2, and 3, if available)
• Copy of social security card
• Copy of driver’s license
• ECFMG Certificate, if applicable
• Certificate of liability insurance
• Clearances through the State of Pennsylvania (Acts 33, 34, and 73)

Visiting resident must also complete and submit the following to Angela Mulligan no later than two weeks before the rotation begins:

• Identity Management System (IMS) For Non-Employees
• Application for temporary student parking permit/decal
• Confirmation (i.e. screenshots) of successful completion of Cerner training modules
• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient
• Module Three: Documentation
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care

Parking

Prior to receiving a parking permit, convenient parking is available at the resident's own expense in the public parking garage at Third and State streets (entrance on Third Street). As an alternative, the Intermodal Center has free parking and is located at the foot of Holland Street, off the Bayfront Parkway and is a short walk to UPMC Hamot.

Additional Information

• Campus s and parking
• Hand Hygiene and Artificial Fingernails Policy
• Professional attire guidelines for medical students
• Evaluation of UPMC Hamot rotation

Concluding Your Rotation

Residents should report to Angela Mulligan in Medical Education by 4 p.m. on the final day of their rotation to fulfill administrative tasks. It is expected that any resources borrowed from the UPMC Hamot library will have been returned prior to this meeting.

Residents should come prepared to submit a completed departure form for review (see form below). All residents will return their identification badges. As applicable, residents will also return housing keys, textbooks, and laptop computers.

If residents are unable to meet the 3 p.m. deadline, departure items as described above are to be returned to UPMC Hamot Security, located in the sub-basement. Inform Angela Mulligan accordingly. In Angela Mulligan’s absence, Annmarie Kutz is available to assist residents.

• Visiting resident departure form