Yale School of Medicine.

Primary Care

Yale School of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Residency Training Programs
PO Box 208030
New Haven, CT 06520-8030

Primary Care Residency Program

House Staff Benefits

Summary of House Staff Benefits AY 2007-2008
The Yale Department of Medicine and its hospitals offer interns and residents of the Yale Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency Program a comprehensive benefits package. The following is a summary of the various house staff benefits offered. The payroll source for residents in the Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency program is Waterbury Hospital Health Center (WHHC).

Salary from 7/1/06 to 6/30/07

PGY1: $48,500
PGY2: $50,700
PGY3: $53,300

Vacation
4 weeks; 2 weeks in the first half of the academic year and 2 weeks in the second half of the academic year.

Professional Leave
Professional leaves are determined at the discretion of the department on an individual basis due to need. Residents presenting their scholarship at regional and national meetings receive financial support for their travel and accommodations.

Family/Medical Leave of Absence
It is the policy of Yale-New Haven Hospital and Waterbury Hospital to grant a leave of absence to employees who are absent from work due to physical or mental disability, parental needs for newborn or child adoption, or the serious illness of a family member. The hospital is interested in ensuring that parental and family leaves of absence are granted in order to allow an employee personal time to meet family and parental needs. Under this policy, a family/medical leave of absence (FMLA) may be granted for a period up to 16 weeks during a 24-month period for all eligible house staff. Under some circumstances, additional time may be available if more than 12 months have elapsed since the beginning of the last FMLA. The leave may be paid, unpaid, or a combination, and is reserved for purposes of either child adoption, care of a newborn infant, the serious illness of a child, spouse, or parent, parent-in-law, or medical leave of absence for an employee who is absent from work due to a physical or mental illness or disability. It is the intention of the hospital to comply with the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as well as applicable federal or state statutes.

Long Term Disability
The hospital has a disability insurance program that provides individual coverage to a resident while employed as a member of the residency program. This insurance provides salary continuation up to age 65 for eligible house staff once extended sick leave benefits cease. The residents (policy owners) may continue this policy after leaving Yale-New Haven Hospital. The plan provides total disability, partial disability, future purchase option, indexing, portability, and billing discounts.

Professional Liability
Waterbury Hospital and Yale-New Haven Hospital provides its residents with professional liability insurance coverage for professional activities performed within the scope of hospital-assigned duties. Insurance coverage generally is not provided for personal activities, like moonlighting.

Insurance coverage is provided for the duration of graduate medical training, but may exclude periods during which the resident is assigned exclusively to non-clinical duties, like bench research. The insurance pays for the costs of legal defense, settlements and awards, and will protect the resident against awards from claims reported or filed after the completion of the residency as long as the case involves acts or omissions undertaken within the scope of the residency program.

Employee Assistance Program
Yale-New Haven Hospital offers free, prompt, professional problem assessment, brief counseling and/or referral to other resources for ongoing help for employees and their immediate family. These services are provided through the Employee Assistance Program.

Parking
Free on-site parking in the Air Rights Garage at Yale-New Haven Hospital and in the employee lot at Waterbury Hospital is provided to residents in the Primary Care Residency Program.

Infertility Coverage
There is Infertility Coverage for those interns and residents who sign up for the Connecticare (HMO) Benefit Package.

Same Gender Civil Union Partner Coverage
Employees who have entered into a Civil Union in either the State of Connecticut or in Vermont will be eligible to add their partner to their medical, dental, vision care and dependent life insurance plans provided by Waterbury Hospital Health Center. Proof of Civil Union must be provided.

Adoption Assistance
Adoption – Reimbursable expenses include legal, court and agency fees plus foreign adoption charges; expenses reimbursed up to $2,000 maximum benefit per child.

Personal Insurance Options
House staff may have the opportunity to purchase homeowner, automobile, boat, condominium and/or personal liability insurance at a discount through payroll deductions. This program is an individual policy and subject to the guidelines of the insurance carrier.

House Staff Loans
Loans of $500 are available to house staff in need through the House Staff Office, Tompkins 209. The maximum loan during residency cannot exceed $1,000. These loans are interest–free during training, start accumulating interest upon completion of appointment, and are due and payable three years after appointment completion.

Additionally, house staff is provided

Housing
The residency program does not provide Housing or subsidy for housing.

Moving Expenses
The residency program does not provide moving expenses or subsidy for moving.

Waterbury and Yale-New Haven Hospital requires mandatory drug testing for new employees. Failure to submit to such testing will disqualify a person from employment.

For additional information about employee benefits, contact the Waterbury Hospital Benefits Office at 203-573-7275 or 203-573-6705.

Equal Employment Opportunity, Male/Female/Disabled/Veteran