• Health insurance through BlueCross/Blue Shield
• Disability insurance
• Union eligibility*
• Primary care for GME learners through LoboCare clinics if no PCP
• Meals allowance $1200/yr
• Professional liability insurance
• Life insurance
• Step 3 reimbursement
• Intern year counseling (brief) to provide mental health contact for self or a colleague in crisis
• Scrubs & ID badges
• Discounted parking
• Use of an outstanding medical center library, online reference resources, librarian assistance for med-line searches
• Leave (per year):
  • 21 days of annual leave per contract year (15 weekdays, 6 weekend days)
  • 21 days of sick leave per contract year (15 weekdays, 6 weekend days)
  • 42 days of parental leave per contract year (30 weekdays, 12 weekend days). Our program allows additional combinations of sick, annual or FMLA to extend.
  • 9 holidays
  • 8 days of professional leave per duration of residency for interviewing for post-residency positions
  • 5 days of educational leave per contract year to attend conferences or take exams
  • ½ day of wellness leave per quarter

  • Family leave is offered for a maximum of four months, pending approval. It will use available annual and sick leave first with further leave of absence without pay (under FMLA). UNM will pay health insurance premiums during approved family leave.

*All UNM housestaff are able to join the Council of Interns and Residents, a subsidiary of 1199 SEIU. Membership is not mandatory, but the Union negotiates for all house officers. This year the union successfully negotiated a 3% salary increase for all post-graduate trainees, and a $40/month cell phone reimbursement.

Additional benefits supplied by the residency

• Intern textbook allowance
• $750 educational stipend annually (rolls over), can be used for study resources, medical equipment or electronics
• Travel and expenses stipend to present at one major conference during PGY2/PGY3, although we encourage scholarly involvement and leadership and will support these endeavors through additional travel funds
• Photocopying
• A residents’ office in the academic offices with 4 computers and dictation access, refrigerator, nap space, snacks, coffee, private lactation suite
• Call room space in the clinical department with 2 computers with dictation and printer access, refrigerator, private lactation suite
• ACLS, ATLS, PALS, FCCS instructor courses paid
• Membership in SAEM and EMRA (including EM-RAP), subscription to Rosh Review