Summary of Salary and Benefits -
July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009
The terms and conditions of residents’/fellows’ training and employment are specified in the employment agreement and its exhibits which include benefit provisions, medical malpractice coverage, mandatory arbitration agreement and the right to rescind. The specific benefits listed in the employment agreement and discussed in the resident/fellow handbook are summarized below:
Financial Support
- Level I: $46,717
- Level II: $48,425
- Level III: $49,293
- Level IV Chief: $52,055
Benefit Provisions
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Vacation: Hawaii Residency Program (HRP) provides a total of 3 weeks paid vacation to be taken during the term of the employment agreement. There is no payment in lieu of vacation.
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Leaves of Absence: HRP provides certain leaves of absence (both paid and unpaid) in compliance with applicable laws, including death in the family, temporary military duty, educational leaves, family leave, or generally compelling, urgent or unusual circumstances leave.
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Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Hawaii Family Leave Act (HFLA): The resident/fellow may be entitled to additional unpaid leave, in accordance with certain Federal and State laws. All available paid vacation, sick, or other leave is used prior to invoking the unpaid leave available under FMLA or HFLA.
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Sick Leave: 12 days paid sick leave is provided under the annual terms of the employment agreement.
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Professional Liability: Residents are covered under HRP’s self-insured policy. Limits of coverage are $1,000,000 per incident; $3,000,000 annual aggregate.
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Medical and Dental Health Insurance: Health (including drug and vision) and dental coverage is provided for the resident/fellow. Family coverage for spouse and children is also available at a nominal charge to the resident.
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Temporary Disability Insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance, Workers’ Compensation: HRP pays the entire premium to cover any temporary or long term loss of earnings due to accidental injury or illness, including pregnancy. HRP also pays the premium for Workers’ Compensation insurance to provide health care and less of earnings benefits for work-related injuries or illnesses.
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Life Insurance: HRP pays the entire premium for group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for the resident/fellow. Coverage amounts to one (1) times the annual salary (rounded to the nearest $1K) to a maximum of $50,000. Supplemental life insurance is also available at the resident’s expense.
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Hospital Meals: Residents/fellows assigned to in-house on-call receive meals from their assigned hospital in accordance with hospital policies and procedures. In addition, lunch is provided during certain noon conferences or committee meetings.
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Sleep Room: The program provides a “sleep room for the assigned in-house on-call resident/fellow.
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Living Quarters and Laundry Services: Not provided.
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Medical Education Conference: Third and fourth year residents are allowed to attend one convention or post-graduate course per year if their work is satisfactory. Chief residents, under special circumstances, are allowed to attend a second conference during their senior year but must use vacation time. All conventions or courses selected by the resident must be approved by the Program Director to be eligible for funding by the program. The maximum funding the program will allow is determined each year. Approved trips include a travel stipend.
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Additional Benefits: Hospital parking stickers, pager, two white coats, use of Hawaii Medical Library and all UH libraries.