Vacation time with internship/residency
Started by walkoffhr
Nope. Interns get 14 days. Residents 21-28. You will have plenty of leave in the bank when you finish.
14 days for internship. After that its program specific(never more than 30days)...for example, I know of a surgery program that highly frowns on taking more than 2 weeks each year during residency.
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I'm sorry, sick days?
I'm gonna have to agree. Never heard of a sick day. As a resident...if you call in sick (esp if on inpatient or on call) one of your fellow residents has to cover.
fair enough. kick the new guy from an office job in the shins for ignorance. I still think it's a fair question though - what do you do if youre scheduled for a day of surgery and cant stop sneezing/vomiting/voiding? cover clinic/office stuff while someone else covers your cases or reschedule? you can't tell me that doctors dont get ill. and i'll assume the answer is that any day you take off comes from leave.
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But yes, the practical application of vacation and sick time during residency is somewhat different from your typical desk job. Your team will cover for you (hopefully because they like you, but at the very least because they *have* to), but there'd better be a good reason why you can't come in.
But yes, the practical application of vacation and sick time during residency is somewhat different from your typical desk job. Your team will cover for you (hopefully because they like you, but at the very least because they *have* to), but there'd better be a good reason why you can't come in.
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the military in general does not have "sick days" like the civilian world. if you are ill, the book answer is:
1. you present to sick call
2. you are evaluated by a medical "professional" (I use that term loosely)
3. you receive a "sick in quarters" chit (if you are truly sick)
4. you present said chit to your command
5. your command authorizes you to go home and be sick. (without authorization, a soldier/sailor/marine/airman/coastie cannot be sick. period. end of story. your intractable vomiting is an illusion of your mind)
This is what happens to most of the junior enlisted, although if you are a little more senior many commands authorize a call-in "24 hour SIQ", and you have to come in and be evaluated if you need more than that.
In a hospital, while the sick call structure still exists, physicians typically just notify their immediate supervisor of said illness, as well as the plans they have made to cover all their clinical duties. That second part usually precludes the physician from staying home sick, because it is easier to come to work and feel like crap (and infect everyone else) than to arrange coverage for your clinical duties. Although if you are very sick (think appendicitis) your department will scramble to cover for you.
But short answer: while you are sick, you are not charged leave. two separate things in the military.
1. you present to sick call
2. you are evaluated by a medical "professional" (I use that term loosely)
3. you receive a "sick in quarters" chit (if you are truly sick)
4. you present said chit to your command
5. your command authorizes you to go home and be sick. (without authorization, a soldier/sailor/marine/airman/coastie cannot be sick. period. end of story. your intractable vomiting is an illusion of your mind)
This is what happens to most of the junior enlisted, although if you are a little more senior many commands authorize a call-in "24 hour SIQ", and you have to come in and be evaluated if you need more than that.
In a hospital, while the sick call structure still exists, physicians typically just notify their immediate supervisor of said illness, as well as the plans they have made to cover all their clinical duties. That second part usually precludes the physician from staying home sick, because it is easier to come to work and feel like crap (and infect everyone else) than to arrange coverage for your clinical duties. Although if you are very sick (think appendicitis) your department will scramble to cover for you.
But short answer: while you are sick, you are not charged leave. two separate things in the military.
Well said!
Well enough to work or sick enough to get admitted. Either way, you're in the house.
