Vacations must be applied for and approved by the appropriate department representative, then forwarded to the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. You are encouraged to apply for vacation in blocks of one week and are entitled to one weekend for each week of vacation. You must use your vacation time within each 12-month period, starting with the first month after your appointment begins. Vacation time may not be carried over from one 12-month period to another except under unusual circumstances with the approval of the program director. Unused vacation in the last year of training will be reimbursed at check-out.
Terminal vacation is discouraged.
Residents assigned to outpatient services may use these holidays, but hospital services function as on weekends. If you wish to be absent on religious holidays not observed by the clinic, you must apply for vacation time. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.