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Internal
Medicine Residency Program Benefits
Salary
The New Jersey
Medical School provides a comprehensive salary (effective October
3, 2004), which provides residents the flexibility of living on
either side of the Hudson River.
PGY - 1 $43,912
PGY - 2 $46,888
PGY - 3 $49,759
PGY - 4 $52,665
PGY - 5 $54,063
Benefits
- All residents
have access to health insurance, prescription drug program, dental
care, disability insurance, and life insurance. An educational
stipend of $300.00 is provided for books and journals yearly.
In addition, residents are given $400.00 to attend resident orientation
in June.
- Our scheduling
system is designed to provide coverage in the event of sudden
illness or personal emergency.
- An e-mail
newsgroup has been created as part of a central database for scheduling
requests as well as general updates, deadlines and information
on social functions.
- Daycare facilities
are also available for housestaff at minimal cost.
Contracts
- Housestaff
receive employment
contracts valid for a maximum of one year. The contract
refers to the duration of appointment, salary, training level
(PGY), vacation, health benefits, liability coverage, uniforms
and the obligations of the appointee.
Meals
- Meals or
meal cards are provided for you when you are on call at all three
hospitals.
Educational
Resources
- MD Consult
is offered for free to the housestaff as well as a database of
recent clinical guidelines; full text journal articles available
on-line from library.
- Medical library
resources available at all three institutions.
- Up-to-Date
at a special discount price is made available to all housestaff.
- Links to
Micromedex, Lippincott, medical textbooks and full text journal
articles are available in the East Orange VA's computerized medical
record.
- Computerized
retrieval of labs, radiographic studies, and outpatient records;
inpatient computerized system in use at VA; inpatient system expected
in July 2004 at University Hospital.
- All residents
are provided with a complete curriculum and specific journal articles
to be used at the start of each rotation. Residents are each given
a copy of the AMA Ethics Manual and a manual of over 25 articles
to be used as a personal resource in Continuity Clinic.
- All residents
are assigned a mentor within the first 4 weeks of residency training.
Mentors will assist interns in choosing electives, becoming involved
in research and obtaining their desired fellowship training or
private practice..
Professional
Liability
- Residents
are covered for medical liability as part of their contract during
their three years of employment.
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