What option do many residents choose for maternity or paternity leave?
A resident may use their five sick days for any combination of personal illness and/or maternity or paternity leave. In addition and upon request, a resident may stop residency for one month or work halftime for two months doing clinic and call with no rotational activities. With either option the resident would continue at full salary and benefits but later extend completion of residency by one month. Then during that last month of extended residency (typically July) the resident will work/study in rotational activities full-time with no clinic, no call, no salary and no employee benefits. The program will pay the malpractice insurance premium for this extra month.
