Dental Residency Program - Brochure and Application

Duty and Leave

Appointment as a resident is for one year starting July 1st. The program is designed to give the graduate dentist one-year of training in the various phases of general dentistry.

All members of the Department of Medicine and Surgery must be available and responsible for the care of their patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Rotating duty rosters covers off-duty hours. All residents are required to serve for a period of one week at a time alternating as Dental Officer of the Day, during which time residents must be available for on-call duty, outside of normal clinic hours. Pagers are assigned to residents. The resident normally works in the dental clinic or is on duty elsewhere from 8:00AM to 4:30PM each weekday and for such other periods as may be necessary for the care of their patients. When assigned to OHSU or elsewhere they will conform to the requirements of that particular institution. Twenty-one days of annual leave (vacation) is granted per year at the convenience of the Dental Service.

The current stipend for residents is $38,000.00 plus.