General Policies & Procedures: Without Salary Appointments

University of Minnesota Medical School (UMMS)
Graduate Medical Education (GME) Administration

Purpose
To define when a resident/fellow (trainee) can hold a without salary appointment.

Policy
All trainees must be paid a stipend through University Payroll set at the amount provided to other trainees in the same program at the same level of training.  This requirement applies regardless of a trainee’s willingness to be self-funded or otherwise participate in the training program without compensation. 

The compensation provided to a trainee must be payrolled through the University of Minnesota even when the funding source for the stipend is external.  There are four allowable exceptions to this requirement:

1. Family Medicine residents/fellows in the Methodist Program may be payrolled through Methodist Hospital.
2. Family Medicine residents/fellows in the St. Cloud Program may be payrolled through Centracare.
3. University of Minnesota Residents/Fellows who are funded by an agency of the United States Government (for example, the U.S. Military) may be payrolled through the Federal Government.
4. Visiting residents/fellows who continue to be paid by their own training institutions may participate in specified rotations or training experiences here without compensation from the University of Minnesota.

Reference
Stipend Level Policy, Classification and Appointment Policy