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Program Description

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Yearly
​Schedule

PGY-I
  • Gen Med Floor: 4-5 mo
  • MICU: 2 mo
  • Night Float: 4-6 wks
  • Electives: 3-4 mo
  • Observation unit: n/a
  • Vacation: 4 wks
PGY-II
  • Gen Med Floor: 2-3 mo
  • MICU: 1-2 mo
  • Night Float: 4-6 wks
  • Electives: 3-4 mo
  • Observation unit: 1-2 mo
  • Vacation: 4 wks
PGY-III
  • Gen Med Floor: 2-3 mo
  • MICU: 1-2 mo
  • Night Float: 4-6 wks
  • Electives: 3-4 mo
  • Observation unit: 1-2 mo
  • Vacation: 4 wks

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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

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Joe Adams (PGY-2) placing a central line

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

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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

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

Continuity Clinic at Adult Medicine Center
  • 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
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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
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Chad Morreale (PGY-2) performing paracentesis
  • Home
  • For Applicants
    • Introduction
    • Program Description
    • Meet Our Program
    • Resident Life
    • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
    • In The News
    • How to Apply
    • Contact Us
  • For Residents
    • Resident Conference Schedule
    • Curriculum >
      • General Medical Floors >
        • Educational QuickSheets
      • Observation Unit
      • MICU >
        • Critical Care Lectures 2019
        • Critical Care Lecture 2020
      • Subspecialty Rotations
    • Outpatient Clinic
    • Resident Pathways >
      • Pathway Overview
      • General Internal Medicine
      • Medical Education
      • Quality Improvement/Patient Safety
    • Scholarly Activity >
      • Formulating a Research Question
      • IRB
      • Publishing >
        • Writing a Research paper
        • Case Reports
        • Journal Submission
      • Conferences
      • ACP
    • Educational Conferences >
      • Board Review
      • Noon Conference
      • Morning Report
      • CPCs
      • Intern Report
      • Journal Club
      • Attack the Literature
      • Intern Orientations
    • Internal Medicine Library
    • Links/Forms/Phones
    • Resident Policies and Manuals
  • Resident Voting
  • Grand Rounds
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