Benefits
Salary
- See GME website for Stipends
Insurance
- Health Insurance (dependent coverage available at house staff physician's expense)
- Life Insurance
- Malpractice Insurance
- Dental Insurance
Leave
- PGY-1, 2, and 3: 15 vacation days per academic year*
- PGY-4: 15 days vacation per year + five additional days for educational leave
- *All residents receive four bonus days at Christmas and nine university holidays during the year.
- Residents also receive "Career Development", "Professional" & "Education" days to be used throughout their residency.
- These days can be utilized to attend conferences, workshops, job interviews, etc.
Textbooks
- PGY-1 : Receive Braddom and Frontera textbooks
- PGY-2: Two books related to PM&R
- PGY-3: $600 to use toward education material
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PGY-4: $1400 lump sum added to pay check to be used for educational materials
Miscellaneous Benefits
- Matched and Voluntary retirement
- Parking allowance (added to payroll - parking passes)
- Lab coats or Scrubs (three per year)
- Meal discount at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
- Meal stipend (added to payroll)
- Individual call rooms for PGY-I's
- Kentucky license renewal per discretion of GME Office
- Free DEA license once eligible
- University of Kentucky Staff ID which allows access to the following at a reduced rate or no charge:
- Home basketball games*
- Home football games*
- Indoor Olympic pool
- Basketball courts
- Racquetball courts
- Weight room
- Tennis courts
- Indoor track
- *Spouse tickets can be purchased by house staff physician