Program Description

Yearly
Schedule

PGY-I

PGY-II

PGY-III

Associate Program Director, Dr. Chadaga, teaching on rounds

General Medical Floors

4 traditional floors teams, each consisting of:
- Faculty attending physician
- 1 managing senior resident and 2 interns
- 2 - 3 medical students
- 1 additional dedicated "Teaching Resident"
1 Senior Resident floor team simulating a hospitalist schedule (7 days on, 7 days off)
No overnight (24-hour) call for any intern or resident
Strict adherence to all ACGME caps and restriction
An average daily census of 10 - 15 patients per team
Unique "Drip-Distribution" admission system designed to decrease burn-out
1 day per week incorporated as a non-admitting day
Dedicated pharmacists and social worker for resident teams

Medical Intensive Care Unit

Two ICU teams, each consisting of:
- 2 senior residents and 3-4 interns
- Critical care attending
Residents exposed to a wide array of complex pathology in one of the nation’s busiest Medical Intensive Care Units
An abundant opportunity for procedures performed by residents
- Central venous line and hemodialysis line insertion
- Arterial line insertion
- "Code Blue" cardiopulmonary arrest & resuscitation
- Endotracheal intubation
- Thoracentesis and chest tube insertion
- Bedside transthoracic echo & ultrasound
- Pulmonary artery catheter insertion (Swan-Ganz catheter)
- Transvenous pacemaker placement
- Paracentesis
- Lumbar puncture
- And more...
Procedure/simulation workshops for invasive procedures and airway management training
Daily multidisciplinary rounding with intensivists, pharmacy, respiratory care, therapy services (PT, OT), nursing, & nutrition support
Dedicated ICU lectures by intensivists, medical subspecialists, and pharmacists
No overnight (24-hour) call for any intern or resident

Joe Adams (PGY-2) placing a central line

Taylor Bedsworth (PGY-2) intubating alongside Critical Care attending, Dr Sunbuli

Post-Night Float Brunch!

Night Float

3 teams: General Medical Floor, ICU, and Observation unit
Residents and interns are on a schedule of 6 nights/week for 2 week block (total of 4-6 weeks per year)
General Medical Floor team consists of 1 senior resident and 2 interns
ICU team consists of 2 senior residents and 1 intern
Observation unit team consists of 1 senior resident
Intensivists on-site 24 hours for teaching and procedure supervision

Observation Unit

Outpatient medicine with the robust resources of an inpatient hospital setting
Encompasses the management of select patients for up to 48 hours to assess their need for inpatient admission
Common conditions cared for: chest pain, dizziness, syncope, TIA, back pain, nausea/vomiting, viral gastroenteritis
1 team consisting of 4 senior residents, where 2 residents work per day while 2 residents are off
In a one month period, each resident works:
10 weekdays, 2 weekend days, and 1 Saturday night

Program Director, Dr. Krikorian, rounding in Obs during COVID-19

Continuity Clinic at Adult Medicine Center

Adult Medicine Center Staff, Faculty, and Residents

Sub-specialty and Elective Rotations

Core subspecialty rotations all done "on-site" at ACMC
Optional elective experiences available in a variety of other subspecialties including:
- Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology
- Echocardiography & Interventional Cardiology
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Interventional Pulmonology
- Anesthesia
- Ultrasound
- Trauma/Surgical ICU
- Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
No home call and full 2-day weekend on all subspecialty and elective rotations
1 half-day off per week for protected study time
Opportunities available for elective rotations at UIC or other outside institutions

Chad Morreale (PGY-2) performing paracentesis