Hello....quick question. I am pursing Emergency medicine (currently MSIII)...since I will be doing my residency at a university affiliated hospital (most likely) and will spend my career working in hospitals (again most likely at a university hospital) I was wondering if residents/attendings are typically given free credit hours at the university. obv. I will be busy but a twice a week italian would be nice....and who knows maybe i'll try an MPH, MHA or MBA one day......but I most certainly don't want to flip the bill for it after med school lol. most websites only mention salary under benefits so I was unsure if this was common practice or not. Thanks in advance!
Are residents at a university hospital allowed to take classes there for free?
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Generally this is not a practice.
Remember, although you're doing a residency there or are an attending there, you are being PAID as an employee of the institution.
IF you were intersted in taking classes, you would have to enter through the same entrance criteria held for other applicants and start PAYING tutition for said classes.
This is COMPLETELY discounting the argument of how much time you'll have avaliable during your residency to take on such an endeavour. Likely one aspect will suffer (either your residency performance, or your classroom performance) if it's even allowed?👎
The "educational" and "employment" aspects of a program (even university affiliated) are two seperate distinct entities.
Remember, although you're doing a residency there or are an attending there, you are being PAID as an employee of the institution.
IF you were intersted in taking classes, you would have to enter through the same entrance criteria held for other applicants and start PAYING tutition for said classes.
This is COMPLETELY discounting the argument of how much time you'll have avaliable during your residency to take on such an endeavour. Likely one aspect will suffer (either your residency performance, or your classroom performance) if it's even allowed?👎
The "educational" and "employment" aspects of a program (even university affiliated) are two seperate distinct entities.
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Actually... I know at Columbia many of the EM residents are taking MPH & MBA courses. A classmate who matched into one of the Harvard EM programs says the same is true there. The program pays. Very few specialities have the innate flexibility for this to be feasible, though.
Thank you both....I am very glad to have heard both points of view....one of the great things about ER is the flexibility .......as an attending possibly working three twelve hour shifts i'd like to think that i'd have at least an hour or two a week to take a class in Italian as mentioned earlier (I speak spanish as a natve language along with English but my father is italian and I speak it horribly and would love to learn it for enjoyment). the MPH an MBAs are also very attractive so It's great to hear about other residents pursuing the same thing as such prestigous universities. Again, thank you both and best of luck!
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My residency didn't offer free tuition but it was discounted for family members (which was substantial given the cost of the university).
FYI: you can usually take foreign languages via a community class for a small fee
FYI: you can usually take foreign languages via a community class for a small fee
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If you are an employee of the University (and not the hospital) there is usually a tuition remission policy in place to cover a certain number of credits per semester. The only catch is that you have to declare the tuition paid on your income taxes. Occasionally hospitals also have some kind of tuition reimbursement program, which may cover a percentage or maximum towards your tuition.
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