Salary and Benefits | Advocate Health Care

Salary
Residents in the Advocate Christ Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program receive benefits that are comparable to those of other residency programs in the Chicago area. Annual salaries for the 2007-2008 academic year are as follows:

	Salary	Professional/ Educational Expenses
PGY 1	$42,960	$500
PGY 2	$44,880	$500
PGY 3	$46,800	$500

An additional $500 per year residents to use for professional or educational expenses. This fund may be used to reimburse costs incurred for approved conferences, travel, books or computer programs. *Additional funds may be available when certain criteria are met.

Vacation
Residents have 20 working days of vacation per year, accruable only within current residency year. The program director retains the right to schedule vacation.

Insurance
Health Insurance: Health Insurance is provided to the individual resident at nominal cost, as is family health insurance coverage. Dental plans are also available at nominal cost for individuals and families.

Disability Insurance: Residents are provided with long-term disability income protection, which covers a portion of the resident's stipend for any period during which the resident cannot work because of illness or accident, following a 90-day waiting period., Participation in the disability income plan is mandatory; optional features are available from the carrier at reasonable cost. The plan allows conversion to an individual policy upon termination from the residency training program.

Life Insurance: Life insurance benefit of one year's stipend is provided without cost to the resident.

Contract
Click here to view a copy of the current residency contract.