Stipends & Benefits
Annual Salaries (Effective 2025-2026)
PGY-1 = $60,023.25
PGY-2 = $61,823.95
PGY-3 = $63,678.67
Note: McLaren payroll is on a bi-weekly cycle.
Benefits
- Educational Stipend each academic year
- Reimbursement of medical licensure fees while in training – full for educational limited licenses and partial for full licenses
- Malpractice insurance
- Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- Meal stipend for inpatient rotations
- McLaren Northern Michigan Labcoats
- No cost certification courses required by the programs (all residencies require ACLS and BLS – some programs may require ATLS, ALSO, NRP, PALS)
- Paid time off duty for vacation/conferences/wellness appointments
Resources
- Michigan State University Library
- 24/7 access to on-site McLaren Medical Library including online access to:
- Access Medicine
- BMJ Reports
- Web Library - Dynamic Health
- Ovid
- PubMed
- RefWorks
- StatRef
- PhD & Bio-statistical Support
- Protocol/Poster development tools
MCLAREN MEDICAL LIBRARY
Anne L. Foster MLS, AHIP, CPHQ
Manager, Medical Library and Learning
E-mail: [email protected]
Sample Contract
Click here for the Sample Contract
DISCLAIMER: The Graduate Medical Education Trainee Physician Agreement is posted here as a "sample only" to give applicants an idea of what to expect as a contracted employee of McLaren. This agreement is reviewed annually and thus the language is subject to change.
An official contract will be distributed to all matched residents and fellows in the month of March for training positions starting in July-August as part of an onboarding checklist. Any off-cycle positions will receive a contract/onboarding checklist approximately two weeks after official acceptance into a program.
Hiring Policies
Prior to the official hire date, McLaren Northern Graduate Medical Education trainees are required to:
- Pass a background check
- Pass a drug screen
- Provide or obtain required immunizations (TB test, Flu shot)
- Be eligible for licensure in the State of Michigan as a physician with license effective July 1 (or hire date for those who start at a later date)
- Provide copy of diploma with DO or MD degree and ECFMG certificate with proof of medical degree (if applicable)
COVID-19 Vaccines
McLaren Health Care complies with the healthcare worker vaccine mandate, which requires all workers, including residents, fellows, and visiting learners to be fully vaccinated as of March 15, 2022. If you have specific questions related to the program you are interested in applying to, please contact the program’s Academic Program Administrator.
Application Procedure
McLaren Northern programs participate in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) and require applicants to apply through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
All communication during the application process until the official program match days shall occur through the interview platform only. Applicants should not contact the program in-person or by phone, except as requested by the program.
All applicants must be authorized to work in the USA, or must be a Canadian citizen or Canadian permanent resident who is eligible for J-1 visa sponsorship.
Interviews
All interviews are held as virtual only.