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Resident Physicians receive stipends for work defined as outside of the standard duty hours.

In addition to annual compensation as per the applicable Pay Level for Standard Duty Hours, Resident Physicians receive stipends for work defined as outside of the standard duty hours as follows:
In house: Weekday – $159.49, Weekend – $243.09
Home: Weekday – $72.81, Weekend – $96.61
Switch call: Weekday – $159.49, Weekend – $243.09
Shift-based: Weekday – $72.81, Weekend – $96.61
Weekend round: $100.00

No, any individual Resident Physician cannot collect more than one (1) stipend per day.

Yes, residents that are scheduled for a back-up shift should receive a home call stipend. If activated and required to be in-house residents will receive a switch call stipend

Resident Physicians shall receive remuneration for each shift-based rotation shift scheduled and worked where one (1) full hour worked on the shift occurs between 2400 hours and 0600 hours.

Switched call stipend is paid for a scheduled home call shift during which a resident physician has spent at least four hours of the call shift in hospital and at least one of these hours is after midnight and before 6 a.m. OR more than six (6) hours in hospital during the call period.

Switched call stipend is paid at the rate of in-house call but counted as home call when determining call frequency maximums; it is designated as an “s” on on-call time sheets.

To be eligible for the post-call day the individual would need to work after midnight. This post call day is not guaranteed (like in-house call) but needs to be requested.

Resident physicians on an out-of-region elective may claim on-call stipends if the following conditions are met:
• The site that the resident physician is visiting is affiliated with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and their home university.
• The site must be in Canada.
• The elective is an education component that is supported by the program.

Exceptions may be considered on a case-by-case basis if the required educational component is not offered at a site with affiliations. Paperwork required will be at the discretion of the resident physician’s home program.

For an acceptable elective, resident physicians need to bring their elective call schedule to their home program, preferably with the signature of a supervisor to verify that the schedule is accurate. The program administrator or individual normally responsible for submitting the timesheet for the home program would then submit a new timesheet labeled with the location of the elective (“Yellowknife Rotation” for instance).

It should be noted that receiving stipends while on out-of-province electives is not guaranteed. It is up to the program to submit the call timesheet and advocate for the resident physician.

An individual, usually the program administrator or chief resident physician, is responsible for submitting the call timesheet to AHS from each program. Resident physicians should contact this person to find out what they need to ensure your call is properly recorded.

Check with the program where you performed the call to see if the call time sheet was correct and submitted on time to AHS. If call sheets were not submitted on time, stipends will be paid out on the next payout date.
If there was an error with the stipend payment contact AHS or PARA, ensure you include the block and service, the dates of your call, and the type of call you performed (home call, switched call, in-house call).