Graduate Medical
Education Program:
Academic Year 2005-2006
Terms and Conditions of Training Positions
The stipend rates, policies and
procedures are subject to revision without prior notice.
Welcome to Eastern Virginia Medical
School.
Graduate medical education contracts are issued for a one-year
period. Promotion to the next level of training and the corresponding
reappointment of the current contract are dependent on the successful
completion of the requirements and expectations of the current
post-graduate year, including knowledge, skills, and professional
development.
Decisions on annual reappointment are
made by the program director in conjunction with the program's graduate
medical education committee and based on quality of performance and
conduct. Exceptions to this procedure include residents who are
released from the program, performance which is below expected academic
and/or personal standards, lack of completion of current year
requirements, participation in a one-year program, and/or voluntary
resignation.
Trainees are provided the required
temporary license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
If required by the programs, trainees must be in certified in PALS
and/or BCLS and/or ACLS. For information on other program specific
requirements, applicants should contact the program director.
Stipends
A total of 12 stipend checks are issued
each academic year and trainees are encouraged to participate in the
direct deposit program. Stipends rates are reviewed annually in March
of each year and you will be notified of the revised stipend rates.
Stipends are guaranteed for the 2004/05 rates listed below and will be
adjusted upward for the 2005/06 academic year.
- Psychology Interns: $18,775
- 1st Post-Graduate Year: $38,511
- 2nd Post-Graduate Year: $39,572
- 3rd Post-Graduate Year: $40,632
- 4th Post-Graduate Year: $41,693
- 5th Post-Graduate Year: $42,754
- 6th Post-Graduate Year: $43,815
- 7th Post-Graduate Year: $44,984
Insurance
- Professional Liability:
Professional liability insurance is provided to graduate medical
education trainees covering those clinical activities related to the
educational program. The liability coverage meets the requirements
established by the Code of Virginia. Tail coverage for clinical
activities within the educational program is provided. This insurance
is not in effect for clinical activities occurring outside of the
educational program.
- Dental: A dental insurance
policy is available to trainees. The premium is the responsibility of
the trainee.
- Disability Insurance:
Long-term disability insurance is provided with coverage equal to
sixty percent (60%) of the gross salary when combined with social
security and other benefits.
- Health: Trainees are provided
group health insurance. The institution offers two policies and the
trainees are covered for the lowest premium. If the trainee chooses a
more expensive policy or wishes to add a spouse or dependent children,
there is a co-payment on the premium.
- Life Insurance: Term life
insurance is provided in an amount equal to the annual stipend rounded
to the nearest high thousand.
Leave
The Boards of the individual
specialties may have specific requirements for the amount of time spent
in a training program. If an extended leave of absence, for any reason,
is necessary the trainee should discuss the effect of the leave on the
requirements and duration of the training program.
- Vacation: Three (3) weeks of
paid vacation per academic year are provided. Vacation requests must
receive advance approval from the program director and trainees should
check with the program director regarding program specific policies.
Vacation requests will not be approved during the first week of July
or last week of June.
- Sick Leave: Sick leave may be
authorized with full pay and benefits for a period not to exceed four
(4) weeks. Extended leaves require documentation from the treating
physician.
- Maternity Leave: Leave is
provided through a combination of sick leave and vacation leave.
- Paternity/Adoption Leave:
Leave is provided through the use of vacation leave.
- Holidays: Graduate medical
education trainees are responsible for the clinical care of the
patients within the educational program. To this end, trainees are not
afforded the standard institutional holidays. The Education Committee
of each individual training program has set policy, which guides the
provision of national, state and religious holidays.
Social Security
Federal Social Security Tax is deducted
from the trainee's stipend check. International medical graduates
should contact the Office of Human Resources for clarification of the
status of this requirement.
Health Requirements
A pre-employment physical is required
which is the responsibility of the trainee. Each trainee must undergo a
pre-employment drug screen conducted at Eastern Virginia Medical
School. Drug Screening may also be required "for cause" during tenure
in the training program.
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