Article 3 : Recognition
3.01 The Entities recognize that PARA represents all Resident Physicians in Alberta for the purpose of determining non-academic terms and conditions of Resident Physician positions.
(a) Three (3) categories of Resident Physicians shall be recognized:
(i) Those who are the fiscal responsibility of the Province of Alberta;
(ii) Those who are the fiscal responsibility of any other Canadian entity and have a current letter of engagement, excluding the Department of National Defence;
(iii) Those who are the fiscal responsibility of a foreign entity or the Department of National Defence of Canada.
(b) This Agreement shall apply to these Resident Physicians as follows:
(i) Fully to all those identified in Article 3.01(a)(i).
(ii) To all Resident Physicians identified in Articles 3.01(a)(ii) and 3.01(a)(iii), excluding those articles listed in Article 3.01(d).
(c) Upon commencing negotiations for all future contracts, agreements or other arrangements pertaining to funding for the training of Resident Physicians identified by Article 3.01(a)(iii), the Faculties shall secure for PARA the applicable dues for each such Resident Physician. This amount shall be fifty percent (50%) of the rate applied to Resident Physicians at the same PGY level who are the fiscal responsibility of the Province of Alberta. This amount shall be paid on an annual basis.
(d) This Agreement shall apply to those Resident Physicians identified in Article 3.01(a)(iii) with the exception of all monetary articles, and without restricting the generality of the foregoing, these monetary articles include the following:
(i) Articles 6.01, 6.03, 6.04;
(ii) Article 8.01 in the event the Resident Physician is terminated due to cessation of funding;
(iii) Article 9 as it applies to any continuation of benefits or income supplementation;
(iv) Articles 10.05, 10.06;
(v) Article 11 as it applies to pay;
(vi) Article 12 as it applies to pay;
(vii) Article 14 as it applies to any call stipends;
(viii) Article 20 as it applies to CMPA;
(ix) Article 21;
(x) Article 22; and
(xi) Article 23.
These articles may apply at the option of the individual funding agencies, provided that the costs are borne exclusively by these agencies.
3.02 PARA recognizes the Entities for the purpose of determining non-academic terms and conditions of Resident Physician positions.
3.03 No Resident Physician may enter into any agreement with the Entities covering their residency that may conflict with this Agreement or provide any non-academic term or condition not provided for in this Agreement.
3.04 It is recognized that the primary focus of residency programs will always be educationally based on programs accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and/or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; however, Residents are physicians, working under the supervision of qualified physician preceptors within Member Facilities and other community settings, and therefore also deliver valuable patient services
during their educational program.
3.05 PARA and the Entities recognize the unique and diverse roles which Resident Physicians play and acknowledge that the multiplicity of roles is fundamental to the training of Resident Physicians. In most of these roles, Resident Physicians serve as direct providers of clinical service within the Member Facility/University structure in recognition for which they receive remuneration. The parties further acknowledge that these roles, although distinguishable for the purposes of discussion, are inextricably bound together in the training and practice of Resident Physicians. Notwithstanding Article 3.04, the role of Resident Physicians in the Member Facility/University has a significant clinical component, which involves the development of the ability to make independent clinical decisions commensurate with the level of training.
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