Vanderbilt Anesthesiololgy

Overview

Vanderbilt provides individual and family benefits for all housestaff. These include medical and dental insurance; malpractice, disability, and life insurance; free covered parking; on-call meals; uniforms; and laundry services. Please see the detailed description of these benefits on the Graduate Medical Education Web site. Vanderbilt also has an on-site day care center and a housestaff lounge.

The Department of Anesthesiology provides additional benefits to support our residents and families including:

• 2008-2009 Stipend Amounts
• Moving expenses (single and family)
• Generous book fund/travel fund, scaled to year of training
• Incoming resident technology package: The department provides residents with the choice of either a desktop or laptop computer with modem to enable access to patient records, case logs, and departmental information over the Internet.
• Dedicated resident library with periodicals, texts, and computer terminals for CD-ROM and MD Consult access
• ACLS
• Internal moonlighting opportunities

Vacation

• PGY-1: two weeks (may be taken separately)
• CA-1 through CA-3: three weeks

Educational Meetings

• CA-2 and CA-3: Allowed five educational meetings days annually