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The  Department of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago has a long  tradition of providing thorough and comprehensive training in Medicine. Our  goal is to prepare future internists and specialists for a wide range of career  paths, including careers in academic medicine, primary care and subspecialty  clinical practice. We do so with an eye toward the changing health care  environment and the increasing demands upon physicians to be both  evidence-based and humanistic in their approach to clinical decision-making. 

Patricia W. Finn, MD
Professor and Department Head

Training occurs at two sites, the University of Illinois Hospital and the Jesse Brown Veterans Administration Hospital. Both provide primary and tertiary care to a large number of patients, many of whom look to the residents as their primary health care providers. House staff spend approximately 50% of their time at each site and maintain a continuity outpatient practice at each site. The faculty and all departmental conferences are fully integrated across both institutions.  In both the inpatient and outpatient settings, residents have substantial primary decision-making responsibility and develop strong relationships with their patients.  The full-time on-site teaching faculty, the inpatient ward service teaching model, and the outpatient dedicated preceptor model provide optimal supervision and guidance, yet encourage the independent thinking that derives from playing a major role in patient care.