Amita health saint joseph hospital chicago program internal medicine residency

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Internal Medicine Residency Program · Chicago, IL

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Program Coordinators

Mr. Taylor Hyde

(773) 665-3017

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Ms. Patricia A Boskovic

(773) 665-6730

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Program Website

https://www.amitahealth.org/for-healthcare-professionals/residency-programs/transitional-year/amita-health-saint-joseph-hospital-chicago/

26 positions

Available Per Cycle

64th percentile

Alumni Publication Percentile

63rd percentile

Alumni Clinical Trial Percentile

1956

Founding Year

Founded in 1868, AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago is one of the city's oldest hospitals, and its family medicine program is one of the oldest in the nation as well. Residents in the family medicine program work with cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic equipment in a curriculum that emphasizes behavioral science and community medicine.

Welcome From The Director

At AMITA Saint Joseph Chicago, we have a longstanding history of superior residency training as evidenced by our tradition of success in the National Residency Matching Program, our graduates' success on American Board of Family medicine (ABFM) certification exams and continuous program accreditation for more than 35 years from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). In addition, we hold an esteemed track record of excellence in patient care and are ranked among the Top 5% of U.S. hospitals for overall clinical quality.

Founded in 1868, AMITA Saint Joseph Chicago is one of the oldest hospitals in the city, and with our Family Medicine Residency Program established in 1972, we are one of the oldest family medicine departments in the Chicagoland area as well as the nation. We take pride in the excellent rapport we maintain with the medical community and with the number of graduates we have practicing in the Chicago area and nearby communities.

Located in an academic community hospital in the heart of Chicago, we are able to offer our residents an exceptionally diverse and well-rounded training experience. From treating the most complicated patient conditions to providing evidence-based preventive medicine to patients and families, we are fortunate to treat a patient population with a true breadth of diversity in cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. We offer a balance in medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, geriatrics and emergency medicine, with a strong faculty fully dedicated to resident education.

Our residents are truly your best source of information and our greatest asset. Please send us an email, give us a phone call or plan a visit to see firsthand why we are so enthusiastic about our program and its future.

We wish you the best of luck as you complete your medical school education and move forward into residency training.

Alyssa Jeanne Vest Hart, DO, FAAFP
Family Medicine Program Director

Residents receive protected research time during PGY I, II and III. The research rotation is offered to categorical, preliminary and transitional residents.

During the research rotation, the resident review different research topics and articles on key historical events — ranging from the Tuskegee Study to John Snow — and also learn about public health crises such as the opioid epidemic, COVID-19 pandemic and racial disparities in medicine. They acquire basic research skills such as conducting a literature review, critical appraisal of research article, writing a case report or writing a review article.

The resident may also work on an individual project such as a quality improvement project. An introduction to research lecture is offered during the intern workshop and then a research lecture series is conducted throughout the year. Resident also participate and complete a variety of Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) modules to learn about patient safety, root cause analysis and reducing medical errors.

Every resident participates in a quality improvement (QI) research project, with guidance from the research director and mentors from various subspecialties. The QI project is an ACGME-required scholarly activity. The residents are encouraged to do a QI project based on their interest of fellowship or career goal. All residents are assigned to different research focus groups such as cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology and global health. This enables our residents to conduct scholarly activity to enhance their fellowship potential, develop personal research interests and develop career goals.

The residents work on a variety of different projects such improving the rate of lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography, improving patient education about the COVID-19 vaccine in the outpatient clinic, improving patient satisfaction by reducing patient isolation with healthcare provider's portraits, etc. Residents participate in the American College of Physicians northern Illinois chapter meeting, ACP national meeting and other subspecialty national meetings. All residents are encouraged to submit poster presentations, do case presentations and participate in other conference activities. Funding is available to cover for poster creation and cover travel costs.

A research lecture series is conducted on a monthly basis in collaboration with faculty from Loyola School of Public Health. The lectures cover basic research topics relevant to clinical research.

The residents also sign up for individual subspecialty focus groups based on their interest. This gives them the opportunity to create new projects and learn to do research on ongoing projects. In the focus groups, they write case reports, case series and prospective case series, and initiate new quality improvement projects.

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