Curriculum

Call responsibilities

Call for PL-1: 2 q4 months, other months average 5-6 calls (back-up, overnight calls).           

Call for PL-2: 2-3 q4 months, 1 call-free month, other months consist of 5-6 calls (overnight, back-up, and transport). 

Call for PL-3: Same as PL-2  call.                                                                                                 

Transport call

Second-year and third-year pediatric residents are part of the PICU transport teams. Transports are exciting learning opportunities.

Vacation

PL-1 residents get 3 weeks of vacation per year, and PL-2 and PL-3 residents get 4 weeks per year. Vacations are taken in blocks of 1 to 2 weeks. There are eight holidays per year.

Stipend and benefits

• Stipend information

• Health insurance: major medical and dental coverage for house staff, spouse, and dependent children
  
• Sick leave: 10 days
  
• Malpractice insurance: full coverage
  
• Tuition benefits: eight tuition-free units per year at Loma Linda University
  
• Child care: can be directly deducted and thus tax-free
  
• Disability insurance provided
  
• Maternity/paternity leave
  
• Education allowance
  
• Junior fellowship in the American Academy of Pediatrics
  
• Noon conference with lunch provided Tuesday through Thursday
  
• Two meal tickets provided for each inpatient call day
  
• See the LLUMC residency programs stipend and benefit page for more information.

On-call rooms

• Individual sleeping rooms for each resident on call

• Pediatric resident lounge adjacent to sleeping rooms

Library

Free literature search and photocopy services are available to residents.

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