Internal Medicine Residency program information
PGY-I
- General Medical Floors: 4-5 months
- Medical Intensive Care Unit: 2 months
- Night Float: 4-6 weeks
- Core Specialty Electives: 3-4 months
- Vacation: 4 weeks
- Observation unit: n/a
- General Medical Floors: 2-3 months
- Medical Intensive Care Unit: 1-2 months
- Night Float: 4-6 weeks
- Core Specialty Electives: 2-3 months
- Vacation: 4 weeks
- Observation unit: 1-2 months
- General Medical Floors: 2-3 months
- Medical Intensive Care Unit: 1-2 months
- Night Float: 4-6 weeks
- Core Specialty Electives: 2-3 months
- Non-Core Electives: 4-6 weeks
- Vacation: 4 weeks
- Observation unit: 1-2 months
- No 24-hour call for an intern/resident
- One senior resident and two interns per team
- One additional dedicated Educational Resident per team
- 4 ward teams, each with their own individual attending
- One unique observation medicine experience
- Point-of-Care ultrasound curriculum
- "Drip-Distribution" admissions system
- Two ICU teams, each consisting of 2 Senior Residents and 3 Interns
- Procedure/Simulation Workshops for invasive procedures and airway management training
- Dedicated Intern Simulation Procedural Workshop during Orientation week.
- Residents are exposed to a wide array of complex pathology in one of the nation’s busiest Medical Intensive Care Units
- Daily Multidisciplinary Rounding with Intensivists, Pharmacy, Respiratory Care, Nursing, Physical Therapy and Nutrition
- Dedicated ICU lectures by Intensivists, Medical sub-specialists, and Pharmacy
- On-site Intensivist present 365 days and nights/year/
- No 24-hour call for any Resident
- Residents and Interns divided between the Medical Floor and ICU
- Senior Residents are on 6 nights/week for 2-week rotations (Total of 3 rotations per year)
- Interns are on 6 nights/week for 2-week rotations (Total of 2-3 rotations per year)
- 1 Senior Resident and 2 Interns on the Medical Floor & Observation Unit
- 2 Senior Residents and 1 Intern in the Medical Intensive Care Unit
- 1 Senior Resident in the Observation Unit
- Core Rotations are all at Advocate Christ Medical Center.
- Residents are given the freedom to select Elective Rotations in the respective fields they are interested in, including Infectious Disease Transplant Medicine, Dermatology, PM&R, Hospitalist Medicine and Outpatient Endocrinology, Pulmonology and Infectious Disease.
- Opportunities for Elective Rotations at both Advocate Health facilities and outside institutions.
- Dedicated research rotation at Advocate Christ Medical Center.
- State-of-the-art, outpatient clinic facility.
- 4:1 resident to attending ratio
- Full complement of ancillary staff to minimize non-educational duties.
- Full electronic medical records/prescribing/orders
- Outpatient ultrasound machine
- State of the art simulation lab is used by residents at least 1-2 times per month
- Monthly workshops instruct residents on procedures such as lumbar puncture, arterial lines, central lines, paracentesis/thoracentesis
- Quarterly case-based group lab time expose residents to critical scenarios in a controlled setting with full debriefing sessions lead by physicians certified in simulation
Senior Resident Report: Three times per week
Intern Report: Weekly
Noon Report: Two-Three times per week
Grand Rounds: Monthly
Board Review: Weekly
Journal Club: Bimonthly
CPC (Clinical Pathological Conference): Two-Four times per month