Stipend Rates & Benefits

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.

PGY1

Post Graduate Year 1 - $64,009 

PGY2

Post Graduate Year 2 - $65,774 

PGY3

Post Graduate Year 3 - $67,536 

Post Graduate Year 4 - $70,644 

Educational Stipend

Internal Medicine Residency Educational Stipend

Internal Medicine provides an educational stipend each year for each resident, which may be used for conference attendance, professional dues, books/journals, or medical equipment.

• PGY1 - $250
• PGY2 - $300
• PGY3 - $350
• PGY4 - $350

Vacation/Educational Leave

Internal Medicine Residency Vacation/Educational Leave

Residents of all levels are allowed 15 days of vacation time per year, plus six days of leave for either Christmas or New Year's. In addition, up to five additional working days per year may be approved for residents to attend educational conferences.

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.

Internal Medicine Residency Benefits

In addition to the residency benefits provided by the university, Internal Medicine residents receive the following benefits:

• UpToDate access
• ACP’s MKSAP study manuals
• ACP membership
• Monogrammed lab coats
• Meals, when on call

For senior-level residents (PGY2-4) in good standing, moonlighting opportunities are available.

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.