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RESIDENCY HANDBOOK 2010-2011
(i) Seniority is considered when prioritizing leave requests.
(ii) No two residents on the same rotation will be permitted to be on leave at the
same time unless it is specifically pre-approved by the site director and chief
resident.
(iii) The chief resident determines the vacation schedule on a quarterly basis.
He/she will announce deadlines for quarterly vacation requests. Do not
purchase airline tickets or solidify any plans until the chief resident
has given explicit approval of a vacation request – tickets already
purchased will not be taken into consideration when vacation requests
are made.
(b) No vacation is allowed while on the UCSF inpatient consult rotation or the
Resident Bw rotation (pediatric consult rotation). All other rotations (including
dermpath and dermsurg) permit vacations, and if any resident feels that a
particular rotation discourages taking of vacation, this should be reported to the
program director.
(b) Institutional regulations at the VA limit the amount of vacation that may be taken
by residents while rotating at the VA. Residents rotating at the VA should
coordinate with the chief resident, the site director, and each other early in the
academic year to ensure that institutional regulations are followed.
(b) In order to comply with VA regulations and to distribute vacation among sites in
proportion to resident time spent at those sites, please work closely with fellow
residents and the chief resident so that:
(i) No more than 16 weeks of vacation are taken by all residents while rotating
at the VA per year.
(ii) About 12 weeks of vacation are taken by all residents while rotating at
SFGH per year.
2) Education Leave and Travel Stipend
(b) Residents are given 15 education leave days for their three-year residency (10
days over 2 years if in the 2+2 program).
(i) These days are loosely divided as follows:
• 3 days per year for the American Academy of Dermatology Annual
Meeting. Two first year residents do not attend the AAD meeting, but
those residents usually attend the SPD or SID instead.
• One additional 2-day meeting per year.
(b) If substantial travel is required to attend a meeting (i.e. on the East coast or
international), residents may request a “travel day” from the REC which will not
count against the educational leave limit.
(b) All meetings must be discussed with and approved first by the resident’s mentor
and then the Resident Education Committee, with the exception of the AAD
Annual Meeting, SID (for physician-scientists), and SPD (for Pediatric
Dermatology dedicated residents). Meetings should be approved by the mentor
and REC before residents apply for outside travel support or other funding, and
before any travel arrangements are made. The REC must also approve any
additional travel days beyond the meeting dates. It is the resident’s responsibility
to request being placed on the REC agenda for consideration of a meeting
request in time for approval and adjustment of clinic schedules (at least 4
months in advance of the meeting).
(b) Residents are allotted a maximum travel stipend of $1,000 per academic year,
which may be used towards REC-approved educational meetings (and to cover
expenses for the AAD annual meeting over and above those paid for by the AAD
resident travel program). Extra approved meetings will not lead to an increase in