Vacation and Travel
In addition to meeting time, the resident will be awarded two weeks of vacation time per year and a five day period over the Christmas/New Year's holidays. Five total days during the 4th and 5th years will be available for job interviews /fellowships /home purchases, etc, and time beyond this will be vacation time. Additional unique requests for time off will be decided on a case by case basis. Time absent from a year over six weeks maximum will be made up at the end of the residency program as required by the ABO. Only one resident at a time will be allowed time off, except for national meetings or courses. Time off will be on a first come first serve basis. Vacations will be taken one week at a time. All absences except for family emergency will be scheduled and approved at least one month in advance to allow recording on the call schedule. A cumulative yearly record of absences will be required for each resident yearly for the resident file.
Resident Travel expenses for meetings. Expectations for reimbursement from the department should include.
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Economy airfare.
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Appropriate individual airport transportation by shuttle or one car rental for the residency group.
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A meal per diem rate of up to $35.00.
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Residents will share a room with a roommate when appropriate. If the family is taken and the resident chooses not to double up, one half of the room rate will be reimbursed. If an odd number of residents are attending, they will be encouraged to share a room three ways as such in a suite setting. If there is not appropriate gender availability, the hotel will be reimbursed at the full rate. For meetings with a paper presentation, the resident will be given 3 hotel nights, unless a Saturday stay over is cost saving by more than the hotel rate, and approved by the resident committee. At the COSM meeting residents will have a total of five hotel nights.
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All travel claims and expense receipts must be submitted for reimbursement approval.
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The PG3 and PG5 residents will be allowed to attend the entire Academy meeting. The PG3 may attend the respective basic and advanced resident allergy courses as well, provided the Allergy fellowship is applied for and received.
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