Long-term disability insurance and a supplemental retirement program are provided through Parkland. Library Access T he UT Southwestern Medical Library is located inside the medical school and is one of the finest in the country. It is a modern, fully computerized facility with multimedia capabilities and serves as a resource library in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. Each resident is provided with a free photocopying card for use in the library. Residents also have access to the department's own Rosenberg Neurology Library, which houses a collection of neurology and neuroscience journals, numerous text materials, and a computer with on-line databases for literature searches.
Computers also are available on the Parkland inpatient ward for literature searches.
Trips R esidents are encouraged to attend educational conferences in each of the three years of training. In addition to this funding, the department will pay conference and travel expenses for any resident who is a first-author presenter at a scientific meeting. Vacations N eurology residents receive three weeks of vacation per year. Residents generally prefer to take one week off at a time, but longer vacation periods can be arranged. Schedules also are adjusted around the winter holidays to provide for a few extra days of vacation.