Residents complete a total of ten inpatient blocks plus one ICU block. While on the inpatient services you can expect to experience a huge variety of conditions and patients. The residency service admits all patients from the residency clinic along with patients from several other family practitioners and those patients who do not have a physician. 

Inpatient services are run by full-time faculty physicians who possess extensive experience and a love of teaching. Unlike some community programs, this arrangement means you do not need to call several different community physicians each day to staff patients; plus you receive more consistent and extensive teaching. An inpatient service exists at each of the three hospitals:

Parkview
Team consists of three to four residents, usually one or two upper level and two interns,
with interns covering night call. Service caps at 20 patients.

St. Joseph
Team consists of one third year resident with interns covering night call. 
Service caps at 10 patients.

Lutheran
Team consists of two second year residents who share night call. 
Service caps at 10 patients. 

You will become quite comfortable with taking care of common hospital admissions, including ICU admits, and with managing inpatients. In addition to the faculty, numerous specialists are available not only to consult but to teach as well. The residency works closely with several specialist groups who are always eager to educate the residents while assisting in the management of their patients.

Anytime you are on an inpatient month, you can expect to experience the full range of family medicine. The number of ICU patients on the inpatient services averages about 10-20% of the total. Parkview and Lutheran services usually average 1-3 pediatric patients at any given time. In addition, it is not uncommon to have 1-3 OB patients at any of the hospitals. 

Procedures are readily available anytime you are in the hospital. Frequent opportunities exist to gain experience with lumbar punctures, central lines, suturing, and intubations. Residents also provide 24 hour code coverage for all three hospitals, so you can expect to gain lots of experience running codes.