Residents are permitted 3 weeks of vacation each year. Vacation time cannot be carried over to the next residency year.
During the winter holiday season, residents are divided into two groups and each group has approximately a week period off, either during the week of Christmas or the week of New Years.
Meetings
Residents are funded, by the Department, to attend scientific meetings at which they are presenting research. At this time, there is no limit to the number of meetings that can be attended but only one meeting will be funded for each research project.
Sick Leave
Residents receive 135 hours of sick time annually (11.25 hours monthly).