Salary & Benefits (2009-2010)

PGY-1
PGY-2
PGY-3
PGY-4
PGY-5
$45,420 $47,400 $49,500 $51,720 $53,760

 

Malpractice Insurance

Covered at 100%

Health and Disability Insurance

Available to residents and their dependents for a nominal fee. Dependent coverage is reimbursed up to the amount set by the GME operating committee.

Life Insurance

Benefit of one year's stipend provided at no charge

Paid Memberships

  • American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
  • Emergency Medicine Resident Association (EMRA)
  • Illinois College of Emergency Physicians (ICEP)
  • Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

Book Fund

$600 per resident

Other Benefits

PGY2

Paid ICEP Written Board review course

PGY3

Paid Attendance ACEP Scientific Assembly

Medical Information Services

The UIC Medical Library serves as the Regional Medical Library and the headquarters for the Greater Midwest Region National Network of Libraries of Medicine. The network office coordinates library services that provide health professionals with access to biomedical information in a ten-state region. This ensures that the most comprehensive and most technologically accessible library resources are available free-of-charge to all faculty, residents and students, whether on campus or at home.

Medical Information Resources

Free at-home access to all on-line library services, including UpToDate, MD Consult, Harrison's On-Line, Medline, and PubMed/Ovid Full-Text Journals, which provides full-text articles from over 200 journals back to 1993.

Additional Training

Funding is provided for the following additional training or review courses throughout the residency:

  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
  • Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS)

Vacation

28 days per year (paid)