2024-2025 Stipend Rates
Stipend rates
A total of 12 stipend checks are issued each academic year, and trainees are encouraged to participate in the direct deposit program. Stipend rates below are guaranteed for 2024-2025 academic year.
Stipend Rates & Benefits
PGY1
Post Graduate Year 1 - $64,009
PGY2
Post Graduate Year 2 - $65,774
PGY3
Post Graduate Year 3 - $67,536
Emergency Medicine Residency Educational Stipend
Emergency Medicine provides an educational stipend of $300 each year for each resident, which may be used for conference attendance, professional dues, books/journals or medical equipment.
The residency program currently pays for ACEP PEER Review and RoshReview subscriptions for all residents. In addition, the program pays for SonoSIM ultrasound training modules for all PGY1s.
Professional Organization Membership
It is important for residents to be exposed to, and involved in organized Emergency Medicine. We pay for membership in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the Virginia College of Emergency Physicians (VACEP), the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA), and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) during your entire training. This also allows our residents to receive monthly issues of the Annals of Emergency Medicine and Academic Emergency Medicine.
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting
Each year, Emergency Medicine sends all our PGY1s to the SAEM Annual Meeting. The department pays costs for travel to and from the meeting, registration, lodging, and meals. Attendance at this meeting provides our EM residents with exposure to cutting-edge research and new clinical information and a chance to interact with residents and faculty from other EM departments across the country.
Ultrasound Course
The department conducts a two-day Ultrasound Course for all PGY1 residents. Residents gain hands-on experience in the use of point of care ultrasound in the Emergency Department (ED). Topics covered include Trauma FAST exam, gallbladder, AAA, early pregnancy, cardiac and vascular access imaging. This course lays the groundwork for residents to attain a high level of confidence in using point of care ultrasound in the ED.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Instructor Courses
Emergency Medicine will pay the registration fee for all PGY1 or PGY2 residents who successfully complete these courses.
Emergency Medicine Residency Vacation/Educational Leave
The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) requires 46 weeks of residency training each year to be eligible for ABEM board certification.
Leave
The amount of leave provided to the residents is regulated by the GME office at EVMS and also by policies of the American Board of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS) and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The ABOHNS limits leave to a total of six weeks (30 workdays) each year, any leave in excess of this will require written notification to the ABOHNS and may require extension of training.
Leave: Three weeks (15 scheduled workdays) free of clinical or fellowship duties, per academic year.
Sick Leave: Sick leave may be authorized with full pay and benefits for a period not to exceed four weeks. Extended leave requires additional documentation and approval.
Maternity Leave: Leave is provided through a combination of sick leave and vacation leave. The ABOHNS allows for a total of 8 weeks (40 workdays) for parental, caregiver or medical leave for 1 year during the residency.
Paternity/Adoption Leave: Leave is provided through the use of vacation leave. . The ABOHNS allows for a total of 8 weeks (40 workdays) for parental, caregiver or medical leave for 1 year during the residency.
Holidays: Trainees are responsible for clinical care of the patients within the educational program. Days off for national, state and religious holidays will be dictated by the institutional schedule, however, call schedules and surgical schedules will dictate coverage needs and resident assignments during these dates.
Educational Leave: Residents are granted educational leave to attend conferences, courses and medical mission trips.
Holidays: Graduate Medical Education trainees are responsible for the clinical care of the patients within the educational program. To this end, trainees are not afforded the standard institutional holidays. The education committee of each individual training program has a set policy, which guides the provision of national, state and religious holidays.
Educational Leave: Subject to approval by the program director.
Trainee benefits
Please visit Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion Benefits site for information.
Benefit rates and enrollment
Medical, dental and vision insurance rates are subject to change as of July 1. Any changes in rates will be reflected in June stipend checks.
Learn more details about benefit offerings.
Here at the school, we have negotiated discounts for faculty, staff and trainees. Current residents and fellows can access a list of these discounts in myPortal.
Emergency Medicine Residency Benefits
Along with residency benefits, emergency medicine residents receive the following benefits:
- Access to Up to Date
- Membership/Subscription for the following:
- American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
- Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA)
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
- Weekly ECG
- Rosh Review
- Monogrammed lab coats
- Meals provided when on call
For senior-level residents (PGY2-3) in good standing, moonlighting opportunities are available.