| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | |||
| | |||
Family Medicine Residency Program
The Department of Family Medicine at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine offers fully accredited graduate medical program designed to prepare residents for clinical practice, sub-specialization, an academic career, or a career in family medicine. Clinical Experience The program curriculum combines longitudinal and block experiences in inpatient and outpatient settings to maximize family medicine resident learning. The longitudinal format allows preceptor and patient continuity for the individual residents. It also provides focused procedural training, and maximizes Family Care Center time. The Glenbrook Family Care Center is the core-training site for family medicine residents. Designed for residency training, this state-of-the-art center was completed in July 1998. It has 14 examination rooms with special procedure and pediatric rooms, a conference room, a designated precepting room, laboratory and office space for each resident. Resident exposure to the various subspecialties will occur largely at Glenbrook where most adult and pediatric sub-specialists have offices. First Year Caring for patients, both inpatient and outpatient is facilitated by the convenient location of Family Care Center on their respective hospital campuses. Whether making rounds, checking a patient for follow-up or referring a patient to the hospital for an x-ray or ancillary test, the locations make it easy and efficient. Residents have traditional month-long block rotations. Each July, residents participate in orientation month with geographic and clinical introductions to Evanston Northwestern Healthcare. Introductory lectures, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO), neonatal resuscitation certification, and knowledge and skill assessment are a major part of the month. Residents also have time in the Family Care Center allowing them to begin learning the art of outpatient family medicine and developing their own patient panels. The remainder of the year is split with rotations at Evanston, Glenbrook and Highland Park Hospitals. Residents complete the year with a broad range of clinical skills and increased confidence in use of these skills.Second Year Residents have block and longitudinal experiences. During the family medicine inpatient months, residents run the family medicine service under supervision of the third-year resident and attending family physician. During other block experiences, residents begin to learn the specialties that are important for family physicians. These include cardiology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, urology and palliative medicine. One month is also spent at Children's Memorial Hospital for the pediatric emergency medicine rotation. During longitudinal experiences, residents work with an attending physician in the outpatient setting for one to two half-days per week during a period of three to six months. This structure allows reinforcement of these skills and knowledge sets over an extended period of time, provide more continuity of care with patients and allows for increased Family Care Center time. Third Year Residents have block family medicine inpatient and elective time, along with eight months of longitudinal experiences. During the family medicine inpatient months, residents assume a more supervisory role, teaching and supervising the more junior level residents along with the attending family physicians. Longitudinal experiences as outlined above occur for one-half day per week during a period of 10-24 weeks. Elective longitudinal time is also available, allowing residents to focus on special interests or procedural training. Interested residents also have an opportunity to teach medical students and to focus on skills enabling them to pursue an academic career. Application Requirements We accept applications through ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service). When submitting your information please include your curriculum vitae, letters of recommendation, Dean’s letter, personal statement, medical school transcripts, as well as your test scores. Applications are processed through the National Resident Matching Program, 2450 N Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20037-1127; (202) 828 - 0566 or toll free, (866) 617 - 5838; fax (202) 828-4797; www.nrmp.org. We do not sponsor H-1B or J-1 visas for residency positions. Department Chair Russell G. Robertson, MD Residency Program Director Associate Program Director David Holub, MD, FAAFP For more information, contact Residency Program Coordinator, Maria Aranda, Department of Family Medicine Residency Program, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, 2050 Pfingsten Road, Suite 200, Chicago, Illinois 60026, (847) 657-1840; or visit the Department of Family Medicine Website. E-mail: maranda@enh.org |
|
| ||
| This page last updated on
| |
| ||
| ||
| ||
|