Vacation Policy 2007-08 University of Pennsylvania Family Medicine Residency

PGY-1 residents are allowed three weeks of vacation per year taken as three blocks of seven contiguous days with no more than one week of vacation per rotation block. It is strongly suggested that vacation be requested for the last week of these blocks and that every effort be made to spread out the three weeks of vacation over the year. Vacation may be taken during:

• Adult ER

• Pediatric ER

• OB/GYN

• FM-OB

• Newborn Nursery (in last week of block only)

 

PGY-2 and 3 residents are allowed three weeks of vacation taken in three blocks of seven contiguous days. Residents may not take more than one week of vacation at a time except in extraordinary circumstances. You can usually arrange your vacation to begin or end with a weekend during which you have no call responsibility, thereby lengthening your effective vacation time to nine days. To do so you should check with the chief resident(s) prior to scheduling your time off to arrange call coverage as necessary.

As with PGY-1 residents, upper level residents are strongly encouraged to space their vacations over the year and to take their vacation in the last week of the block. Vacations may be taken during the following blocks in the PGY 2/3 years:

PGY 2 Year

• Behavioral Science

• Geriatrics

• Elective

• Outpatient Surgery

• Procedures (not ophthalmology)

• Community Medicine

 

PGY 3 Year

• Cardiology

• Elective (NF)

• Neurology/Urology

• Community Medicine

• ENT- (NOT Practice Management)

 

No residents will be granted vacation during the annual in-service exam (always scheduled for the first Friday of November) or during the final two weeks of June.

Vacation requests should be made as early as possible in the academic year. Requests are given priority in the order in which they are received. Please do not make air/hotel reservations or other plans without first receiving written approval from the program director or associate director. No vacation time should be considered granted until you receive your approved request, signed by the program director or associate director.

It is the resident’s responsibility to arrange coverage for their call or jeopardy and for handling labs and calls from their patients while they are away. You should also notify the clinical office of your absence through EPIC’s “Out of Office” function.