XII.L   Training Ranks

The following ranks are not faculty appointments. Like postdoctoral fellows and associates, post graduate fellows, and postgraduate associates (see Section XV ), they may or may not be employees of the University.

1. Hospital Resident. Postgraduate physicians who, as residents, are employees of the Yale-New Haven Hospital or other affiliated hospitals, may, upon recommendation by the chair and approval by the Dean, receive the title of hospital resident in the School of Medicine, coterminous with their hospital residency appointment. Hospital residents are entitled to access to certain School services such as the School of Medicine library. However, compensation and benefits are provided by the hospital of primary employment; hospital residents are not eligible to enroll in any of the University's health care plans.

2. Clinical Fellow. Individuals with clinical responsibilities who have completed residency training or other appropriate training and are enrolled in a fellowship training program in a School of Medicine department are granted this rank, upon recommendation of the chair and approval by the Dean. The maximum time an individual may spend in a clinical fellowship is four years.

Clinical fellows engage in University‑based activities, both clinical and scholarly. They may minister to patients as part of their training to the extent permitted by legal and quality standards. Clinical fellows are not faculty members. Their University status is comparable to that of postdoctoral associate if they are paid by the University or postdoctoral fellow if they are paid by a training grant or external fellowship. (See Section XV.C.1 .)

Clinical fellows may receive limited additional compensation for teaching or other University service, but these activities may not interfere with their primary role as fellows in training.

The following ranks are not faculty appointments. Like postdoctoral fellows and associates, post graduate fellows, and postgraduate associates (see Section XV ), they may or may not be employees of the University.

1. Hospital Resident. Postgraduate physicians who, as residents, are employees of the Yale-New Haven Hospital or other affiliated hospitals, may, upon recommendation by the chair and approval by the Dean, receive the title of hospital resident in the School of Medicine, coterminous with their hospital residency appointment. Hospital residents are entitled to access to certain School services such as the School of Medicine library. However, compensation and benefits are provided by the hospital of primary employment; hospital residents are not eligible to enroll in any of the University's health care plans.

2. Clinical Fellow. Individuals with clinical responsibilities who have completed residency training or other appropriate training and are enrolled in a fellowship training program in a School of Medicine department are granted this rank, upon recommendation of the chair and approval by the Dean. The maximum time an individual may spend in a clinical fellowship is four years.

Clinical fellows engage in University‑based activities, both clinical and scholarly. They may minister to patients as part of their training to the extent permitted by legal and quality standards. Clinical fellows are not faculty members. Their University status is comparable to that of postdoctoral associate if they are paid by the University or postdoctoral fellow if they are paid by a training grant or external fellowship. (See Section XV.C.1 .)

Clinical fellows may receive limited additional compensation for teaching or other University service, but these activities may not interfere with their primary role as fellows in training.