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Benefits

The Basics

  • Health, life, disability, and professional liability insurance, fully paid by employer
  • Lab coats and scrubs
  • Meals provided when on call ($7 per night)
  • Access to Medline, MD Consult Search Guide, and UpToDate for literature searches
  • Access to current MKSAP (Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program)
  • Free internet access and email
  • Free access to word processing, graphics, and database programs
  • Unlimited photocopying
  • Monthly housestaff social gatherings
  • Housestaff library/lounge
  • Discounted membership to university recreation facilities

Vacation and Time-Off

  • Four weeks vacation yearly (not in one block).
  • Vacations are taken during ER and Ambulatory blocks for interns and during elective blocks for residents.
  • Residents get one in seven days off during inpatient rotations, when averaged over a four-week period.
  • On elective rotations, days off are variable.
  • Residents get few hours of in-house call and most weekends off.