All interns and residents in the Internal Medicine training program at PHD fall under the guidelines of Texas Health Resources’ (THR) Leave of Absence Policy and the American Board of Internal Medicine training requirements.

Additional requirements apply to physicians in Internal Medicine training.

Residents may take a leave of absence for any of the approved reasons in the THR Leave of Absence policy. However, the resident must extend training time to meet the minimum requirements of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).

The resident should notify the training Program Director in writing as early as possible of the request for LOA in order for proper coverage of the resident's assignment while on LOA and in order to determine the necessity for extending the resident’s training period upon return from LOA.

Vacation time may not be forfeited to reduce training time.

: THR Human Resources policy on Leave of Absence