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Monthly shift allotment requested by a physician member is approved by the department chief.

For a member who wants to increase their shift commitment, the department chief and KWEMA executive will meet to discuss as necessary.

For a member who wants to decrease their shift commitment, they must give the department chief three (3) months notice prior to decreasing their shift commitment.

Vacation is defined as a minimum of three consecutive days off in a month at the request of a member.

Full-time members take preference for vacation in such cases where multiple members are requesting the same days off, after which remaining requests are handled on a best-efforts basis.

New physicians working with the group will not be assigned any 0700 or night shifts for:

• 2 months if they are a newly graduated physician
• 1 month if they are an experienced physician

All physician members will be assigned an equal proportion of night shifts, weekend shifts, and 1800 shifts unless they specifically request more of these shifts from the scheduler.

Proportional scheduling is relative to the shift commitment of a particular physician.

Any physician who enters no preferences for the scheduler will ideally receive an evenly distributed shift allotment across all shift types as per Article 3.6.

The department chief and medical directors reserve the right to request the same days and/or shifts off each week if such a request is to ensure they are attending administrative meetings and/or other activities related to their duties.

A physician may request no more than 50% of the same day or shift off in a given month (i.e. if there are five (5) Mondays in a month, a physician may only request to be off for two (2) Mondays).

A physician may request more than 50% of the same day or shift off in a given month on a best-efforts basis but must keep in mind that for the equitably scheduled shifts mentioned above, the physician will always get their fair share of these shifts.