Center for Excellence in Rural Health-Hazard

East Kentucky Family Medicine Residency Program - Benefits

• 2008-2009 Salaries
  • PGY-1 - $46,348 annually
  • PGY-2 - $47,845 annually
  • PGY-3 - $49,757 annually
• Housing allowance of $500 per month (taxable benefit)
• Kentucky medical licensure fee
• Malpractice Insurance
• Health Insurance (please visit www.uky.edu/HR/benefits for health insurance rates)
• Term life insurance
• Disability Insurance (after one year)
• Free meals at Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hospitals
• Three lab coats per year
• Use of the Hazard Pavillion recreational facilities, including racquetball, weight-lifting, indoor track, tennis courts and pool
• $300 book stipend and USMLE Step 3 registration in first year (one time registration payment only)
• CME travel stipends in second and third year - $1000
• Vacation Leave
  • PGY-1 receives 2 weeks
  • PGY-2 receives 3 weeks
  • PGY-3 receives 3 weeks
• Eight holidays and four holiday bonus days
• Parental leave
• Membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians (KAFP)
• Membership in the American Medical Association (AMA) and Kentucky Medical Association (KMA)
• For Osteopathic Residents, membership in American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association (KOMA)
• Faculty/staff identification cards