Resident Benefits & Wellness Program

Benefits for our residents:

Salary

Paid Time Off

PGY1 through PGY3 Residents: 26 days annually inclusive of vacation, sick leave, CME and Holidays. We offer the most PTO annually of any family medicine residency in the Oklahoma City area.

Meals

Hospital shall pay resident a lump sum of Two Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($2,000.00) per annum to cover the cost of meals while on call. Residents working Monday through Friday have access to the main cafeteria to purchase meals at no cost to them, up to $7.50 for breakfast and $11 for lunch. Any charges above these meal limits may be paid by cash, credit card, or badge (which deducts from the upcoming pay cycle).

Educational Resource Fund

Family Medicine residents will receive up to $1,500 per academic year to attend educational programs and help pay for other learning resources of the resident’s choosing.

Professional Liability Insurance

Residents are provided with Professional Liability Insurance coverage ($1 million/ $3 million) during the performance of their contractual duties.

Health Insurance

Health, dental, and vision coverage are provided by SSM and included in the yearly stipend. There are several options of coverage to choose from. A form will be provided to inform you of all the options available on hiring.

Disability & Life Insurance

Disability and life insurance are provided at no charge.

Paid Memberships and Licenses

• Oklahoma State Medical License
• DEA
• Oklahoma State Narcotics License
• OAFP Membership
• Paid Certification Courses
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support
  • Basic Life Support
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Moonlighting

Moonlighting is encouraged for PGY2 and PGY3 residents, with full medical licenses, if the Program Director approves. In-house moonlighting opportunities are available.

Merchandise

Two monogrammed lab coats and one fleece jacket will be provided at the beginning of the first year.

Miscellaneous

Free parking. Additionally, up to $500 will be reimbursed for moves from outside the Oklahoma City area upon receipts. (This amount will be taxed accordingly.)

Resident wellness is a strength of our program.

Residency is hard, but we want to support resident as they are in this period of intense growth. Our wellness curriculum includes monthly check-ins, activities to encourage teamwork, and policies to balance the time requirements with demands of life.

Check-Ins

We modified tools from the military for the stress continuum and developed our color check-in system. Several times a month we have scheduled check-ins. Depending on an individual’s color, interventions are recommended.

Activities

Residents have a session in didactics to focus on wellness as well as just relax. Balint group meets once a month to discuss the patient doctor relationship. In addition we have quarterly team building activities for the whole residency team.

Wellness policies for our residents:

1. We monitor duty hours closely and we abide the requirements.
2. We have eliminated almost all 24 hour calls – Friday night is the only 24 hour call in the system.
3. Residents receive a wellness half day per rotation to attend to items like doctors and dentist appointments, car repairs, sleep, laundry, etc.
4. Residents have access to free anonymous counseling and other coaching like a nutritionist. If needed, residents can get an expedited appointment for psychiatry.
5. We design our rotation schedule around the residents’ vacation preferences. In addition, residents are allowed to take a late vacation day depending on the rotation and call.