5 minutes lol. From a surgery perspective: Getting a consult as an intern on a patient with a big case file is like (at least) 30 minutes of reading notes, then

5 minutes lol. From a surgery perspective: Getting a consult as an intern on a patient with a big case file is like (at least) 30 minutes of reading notes, then you talk with the patient, then you talk with your senior, then you and the senior go talk to the patient, then the senior talks to the attending (depending). Sign out (patient hand off) can take a while depending on the size of the list but I don't know any other interns that don't stalk the charts before they are about to come in so it's usually just a quick brief on each patient and what therapies are going on. Did I mention you do sign out (on trauma) after having been at the hospital for 24+ (sometimes 30 depending on attending) hours? Things can and do still get missed.