Application

JULY 2012 - The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has approved our proposal to move from a six-year program to a five-year program, effective July 1, 2013.  Therefore, individuals beginning residency after July 1, 2013, will complete one year of General Surgery and four years of Urologic Surgery.  As a result of this change, we will not participate in the 2012-2013 match.

Applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and must be received by September 30.  Interviews are granted on the basis of STEP I exam scores, letters of recommendation, and scholastic performance.  Prior research experience and publications greatly enhance the strength of the application. 

INTERVIEW
Selected candidates will interview with University full-time and volunteer faculty.  They will also meet with current residents.  Interviews will be conducted for invitees only.  Raw scores will be reviewed, along with appropriate integration of factual and interview information, yielding a resident candidate rank list to be submitted to the American Urological Association (AUA) Resident Match Program, AUA ID#00923346.  Two residents will be selected each year via this system.  Selection of residents is made without regard to race, gender, religion, or creed.  Matched residents must also participate in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) to cement a reserved General Surgery residency slot.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Program Director: Larry Siref, M.D.
Residency Coordinator: 402-559-4284

RESIDENT DUTY HOURS AND ON-CALL POLICY
Duty hours are defined as all clinical and academic activities related to the residency program, i.e., inpatient and outpatient patient care, administrative responsibilities related to patient care, the provision for transfer of patient care, time spent in-house during call activities, and all scheduled academic activities including conferences and mandatory meetings.  Each resident will not have assigned duty more than 80 hours per work week when averaged over a four-week period, will have one day in seven free of all educational and clinical responsibilities, will have a 10 hour respite between scheduled duty periods, and will not be on duty for more than 30 consecutive hours.  The average week starts on Monday and ends the following Sunday.

Residents take home call no more than three consecutive days during the average week.  

BENEFITS

Resident employment benefits include:

• Twenty working days paid vacation
• Professional leave with pay for approved meetings 
• Sick leave - six months accrual after two years of employment
• Comprehensive group health coverage at reduced rates
• Low-rate automatic eligibility disability coverage available
• Four lab coats provided at University expense at the beginning of residency
• Laundering of lab coats provided
• $100 book fund
• Travel money for residents investigating practice locations in Nebraska
• Reimbursement for travel to and from required training sites more than 25 miles from the Medical Center
• Parking spaces near the emergency entrance for house officers on call, who need to come in after working hours
• Eligibility for parking 
• Chief residents receive free parking  

2012-2013 House Officer Salaries