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Following are highlights of the benefits offered by the New Jersey Medical
School. Click here for
a more in-depth description of housestaff benefits:
Salary
The
New Jersey Medical School provides a comprehensive salary which gives
residents the flexibility of living on either side of the Hudson River.
PGY
- 1 $50,808
PGY - 2 $54,251
PGY - 3 $57,572
PGY
- 4 $60,934
PGY
- 5 $62,552 (if staying for categorical chief year)
Benefits
- All residents have
access to health insurance, prescription drug program, dental care,
disability insurance, and life insurance. An educational stipend of
$400.00 is provided for books and journals yearly. In addition, residents
are given $550.00 to attend resident orientation in June.
- Our scheduling
system is designed to provide coverage in the event of sudden illness
or personal emergency.
- An e-mail newsgroup
has been created as part of a central database for scheduling requests
as well as general updates, deadlines and information on social functions.
- Daycare facilities
are also available for housestaff at minimal cost.
- All expense trips
for conferences if you are the first author of a presentation.
Contracts
- Housestaff receive
employment contracts
valid for a maximum of one year. The contract refers to the duration
of appointment, salary, training level (PGY), vacation, health benefits,
liability coverage, uniforms and the obligations of the appointee.
Meals
- Meals or meal cards
are provided for you when you are on call at all three hospitals.
Educational
Resources
- MD Consult is offered
for free to the housestaff as well as a database of recent clinical
guidelines; full text journal articles available on-line from library.
- Medical library
resources available at all three institutions.
- Up-to-Date at a
special discount price is made available to all housestaff.
- Links to Micromedex,
Lippincott, medical textbooks and full text journal articles are available
in the East Orange VA's computerized medical record.
- Computerized retrieval
of labs, radiographic studies, and outpatient records; inpatient computerized
system in use at VA; inpatient system at University Hospital.
- Residents are provided
with a complete three-year curriculum; goals and objectives as well
as current literature are distributed at the start of each rotation.
- All residents are
assigned a mentor who will assist interns in choosing electives, becoming
involved in research and obtaining their desired fellowship training
or private practice.
Professional
Liability
- Residents are covered
for medical liability as part of their contract during their three years
of employment.
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