MCWAH Benefits, Terms, and Conditions of Employment

For current stipend information, please visit Benefits, Conditions & Terms of Employment | Graduate Medical Education | Medical College of Wisconsin (mcw.edu) and look under Stipends.

The working Condition Fringe Benefit is a $1500 per academic year taxable payment to housestaff to help defray expenses for license fees, DEA fees, license exam fees and text books.

Housestaff are not required to submit receipts to claim this benefit. Housestaff will be paid over twelve months as an addition to and included in the stipend payments received monthly.

PGY1, PGY2 & PGY3 Ophthalmology residents are allowed 15 working days of annual paid vacation. PGY4 residents are granted 15 working days of vacation and 5 working days for job or fellowship interviews.

Maternity and paternity leave: Accrued sick and vacation days may be used for paid leave. Additional unpaid leave would be granted per FMLA guidelines.

$10 per overnight shift to be used at the Froedtert cafeteria.

The department will provide each resident with the most current set of BCSC books upon starting the program. In addition, each resident will receive a copy of “Practical Ophthalmology: A Manual for Beginning Residents”. Many specialty-specific texts and DVD’s are available for checkout from the residency coordinator for additional study and reference.

 Membership is provided for each resident to the Milwaukee Ophthalmological Society (MOS). MOS meetings are held monthly from October through April (except December). The cost of these dinner meetings is also covered for the residents.

Other conferences held in the evenings, including Cataract Conference, Microsurgical Skills Lab, and Journal Club, usually offer a department-supplied meal as well.