The work environment for psychology residents includes Medical Center inpatient units and Department of Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics offices and counseling/assessment rooms. Pediatric psychology residents may be expected to travel weekly to Rush North Shore Medical Center. Residents share offices and have individual desks, desktop computers with e-mail, and telephones with private voice mail. Overnight facilities are not required as psychology residents typically work Monday through Friday during the day and have no on-call or overnight duties.

Residents are expected to be at the Medical Center at least from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Some residents attend seminars or rounds that begin at 7 a.m. Residents frequently stay past 5 p.m. to complete their work, including test scoring and report writing. Pediatric psychology residents often work in the Eating Disorders Program for several hours on Saturday or Sunday. Residents are not to see outpatients during evening or weekend times, unless a psychology faculty member/supervisor is physically present nearby. This is for the residents' protection in case of an emergency and for needed supervision.

Residents will not work more than 60 hours per week, and even hours approaching this level of work should be temporary, for an occasional week during the training year. Residents are encouraged to report excessive work hours to the training director, who will review the situation  with supervisors and identify ways to reduce duty hours. This limitation serves to enhance the educational goals and learning objectives of the program and the resident.