RESIDENT SCHEDULE
Typical Resident Schedule
One unique aspect of the University of Illinois at Chicago Internal Medicine Residency Program is the large range of both inpatient and outpatient educational opportunities. Over the course of a three year residency in internal medicine, you will have the opportunity to rotate on the following offered inpatient services (locations are in parentheses):
- Medical ICU (UIH/JBVA)
- Cardiology/CCU (UIH/VA)
- General Medicine Wards (UIH/JBVA)
- Internal Medicine Specialty Wards (UIH):
- Liver
- Oncology
- Hematology
- Sickle Cell
- Inpatient Infectious Diseases Wards/Consults (UIH)
- Inpatient Neurology Wards/Consults (UIH)
In addition, we have the following outpatient/consult experiences:
- Ambulatory Care (UIH/JBVA)
-
Consultation/Outpatient Services (UIH/JBVA):
- Cardiology
- Endocrinology
- Geriatrics
- GI
- Hematology/Oncology
- Infectious Diseases
- Renal
- Palliative Care
- Pulmonary
- Rheumatology
-
Off-Rotation Electives:
- Anesthesia (UIH)
- Clinical Decision Unit Elective
- Echocardiography (JBVA)
- Narrative Medicine
- Pain Clinic (JBVA)
- Point Of Care UltraSound (POCUS)
- Primary Care Elective
- Sports Medicine (JBVA)
- Transplant Infectious Diseases (UIH)
- Research Elective
In addition to the above, we also offer a yearly international medicine rotation through the Department of Infectious Diseases where residents have the opportunity to practice medicine in the Dominican Republic.
Every year, the chief residents coordinate a rotation request system by which residents can request consult services, a research elective or participation in our yearly trip to the DR, noted above. We attempt to accommodate all requests with a particular emphasis in providing residents with educational opportunities within their future subspecialty.
Below is a representative schedule of the average internal medicine resident at UIC over a three year residency:
Block |
PGY 1 |
PGY 2 |
PGY 3 |
1 |
General Medicine Ward | Research | MICU |
2 |
MICU | General Medicine Ward | Nephrology Consult |
3 |
Sickle Cell/Night Float | Cardiology/CCU | Cardiology Consult |
4 |
General Medicine Ward | Vacation/ Heme-Onc Consult | Ambulatory Care |
5 |
Vacation/GI Consult | Liver Specialty Ward | General Medicine Ward |
6 |
General Medicine Ward | Sickle Cell/ID Consult | Vacation/ Night Float |
7 |
Cardiology/ CCU | Endo Consult/ Renal Consult | General Medicine Ward |
8 |
GI Specialty Ward | ER | ID Dominican Republic |
9 |
ID Consult | Cardiology Consult | Pulmonary Consult |
10 |
MICU | Vacation/Night Float | MICU |
11 |
Ambulatory Care | General Medicine Ward | Vacation/ Neurology Consult |
12 |
Vacation/ Rheum Consult | Ambulatory Care | Endocrine Consult |
13 |
Geriatrics/ Night Float | Oncology Specialty Ward | ER |
All residents are given a total of four weeks of vacation every year, split into two 2-week periods. Vacation periods are requested in advance as part of our rotation request system and a significantly high percentage of all requests are granted. We offer 1 holiday a year with no clinical coverage.
Rotation Call/Shift/Float Schedules
As a result of recent changes in ACGME duty hours restrictions, interns no longer take 24-hour call during their inpatient wards rotations. To adjust to the new duty hours rules, we have implemented both intern and resident admitting night shift and intern night float systems at both UIH and JBVA. These are often separate two week rotations which effectively eliminate overnight call during all rotations for interns and during non-critical care rotations for residents.
UIH
Rotation |
Intern/ Resident |
Call/ Shift/ Float Frequency |
MICU |
PGY-3 |
Q4 Call |
PGY-1 |
Q3-Q5 Alternating Night Shift/Night Float | |
CCU |
PGY-2 |
Q4 Call |
PGY-1 |
Q4 Night Shift | |
General Medicine Ward |
PGY-2/3 |
Q5 Day Shift |
PGY-1 |
Q5 Day Shift | |
General Medicine Ward Night Float |
PGY-2 |
Admitting Night Float (10 Nights in 2 Weeks) |
PGY-1 |
Crosscover Night Float (10 Nights in 2 Weeks) | |
Specialty Ward |
PGY-2 |
Admitting Day Shift (1 Night in 4 Weeks) |
PGY-1 |
Crosscover Night Float (1-2 Nights in 4 Weeks) | |
Specialty Ward Night Float |
PGY-2 |
Admitting Night Float (10 Nights in 2 Weeks) |
PGY-1 |
Crosscover Night Float (10 Nights in 2 Weeks) |
JBVA
Rotation |
Intern/ Resident |
Call/ Shift/ Float Frequency |
MICU |
PGY-3 |
Q4 Call |
PGY-1 |
Q4 Night Shift |
|
General Medicine Ward |
PGY-2/3 |
Alternating Q2-Q6 Day Shift |
PGY-1 |
Alternating Q2-Q6 Day Shift |
|
General Medicine Ward Night Float |
PGY-1 |
Crosscover Night Float (8-10 Nights in 2 Weeks) |
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