Section of Urologic Surgery
Application Process

Step 1

Applications are to be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and must be received by September 30.

 

ERAS

 

Interviews are granted on the basis of STEP 1 exam scores, letters of recommendation, and scholastic performance.  Prior research experience and publications greatly enhance the strength of the application. 

 

PLEASE NOTE:

Regulations dictate that only J and H visas are acceptable.  The University of Nebraska is not allowed to sponsor visas.

 

Step 2

Interviewees will meet with and be evaluated by University full-time and volunteer faculty.  They will also meet with current residents.  Interviews will be conducted for invitees only on the following Saturdays:  TBA.   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 Urologic Association (AUA) Resident Match Program.  AUA ID#00923346.

 

AUA

 

Two residents will be selected each year via the computerized matching system.  

Selection of residents is made without regard to race, gender, religion, or creed.


Step 3

Residents must also participate in the National Resident Matching Program to cement a reserved General Surgery residency slot.

 

NRMP

 

Contact Information:

 

Residency Director:  Larry Siref, M.D.

Residency Coordinator:  Kerissa, 402-559-4292, krhanson@unmc.edu

 

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, such as conferences and mandatory meetings.  Duty hours will be limited to 80 hours per week, averaged over a four-week period. The residents will be provided one full day, out of seven days, free from all educational and clinical responsibilities - during the average week.  One day is defined as a continuous 24-hour period.  The average week starts on Monday and ends the following Sunday. 

 

On-call responsibility for Urologic Surgery residents is at-home call - taking call from outside the assigned institution.  Residents take call no more than three consecutive days during the average week.   Adequate time for rest and personal activities - a ten-hour period between all daily duty periods - will be provided.  

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
  • Preferential eligibility for parking
  • Chief residents receive free parking.

 

2006-2007 House Officer Salaries

 

HO I $44,186
HO II $45,822
HO III $47,689
HO IV $49,390
HO V $51,118
HO VI $52,768