Yearly
​Schedule

 1 block = 4 weeks

PGY-I

• Gen Med Floor: 4-5 blocks
• MICU: 2-3 blocks
• Night Float: 6-8 weeks
• Electives: 3-4 blocks
• Vacation: 4 weeks
• Observation unit: n/a

PGY-II

• Gen Med Floor: 2-3 blocks
• MICU: 1-2 blocks
• Night Float: 6 weeks
• Electives: 5-6 blocks
• Vacation: 4 weeks
• Observation unit: 1-2 blocks

PGY-III

• Gen Med Floor: 2-3 blocks
• MICU: 1 block
• Night Float: 4 weeks
• Electives: 5-6 blocks
• Vacation: 4 weeks
• Observation unit: 1-2 blocks

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

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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

• Brand new, state-of-the-art, outpatient clinic facility
• Residents and interns see patients in the clinic
  ​1 half-day per week
• 4:1 resident to attending ratio
• Full complement of ancillary staff to minimize non-educational duties
• Easy to use electronic medical records/prescribing/orders
• Dedicated on-site nutritionist and behavioral health support

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-3) performing paracentesis

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