r/Residency • u/Pedsgunner789 PGY2 • 2d ago

VENT Call stipends are a scam

Just submitted my call shifts for reimbursement last month, and I calculated that the average pay I had while on call was $6.80CAD/hr, which has been illegal in my province since October 1, 1995. That’s before I was born.

I don’t claim to be some kind of hero but I do think I deserve to be paid the same for being up all night trying to stop patients from dying, as the coffee shop barista who was up all night preventing me from dying.

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u/MontyMayhem23 2d ago

Is your call stipend any different than your normal stipend or are you just saying the hourly rate for your call weeks is criminally low when averaged out?

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u/Cheeky_Potatos 2d ago

In Canada call stipend is usually a flat day rate. In Alberta for example an in house weekend shift is about $250CAD on top of your normal pay. Week day is about CAD $170

An R1 friend of mine made about $58k salary last year in salary + about $10k working 1 in 3 in house call. (Last year the stipends were lower)