The third year clerkship in Internal Medicine is a 12-week experience, with 8 weeks of Inpatient ward medicine and a 4-week ambulatory internal medicine component.

The 12-week experience will be broken up into three 4-week sessions: one third of the students will have the 8 week inpatient component and then the 4 week ambulatory component; another third will have 4 weeks of the inpatient component, the four week ambulatory component, and finish with 4 more weeks of the inpatient component; and the last third will begin with the 4-week ambulatory component and finish with the 8-week inpatient component. Assignment to these different tracks will be based on requests and a lottery system.

The ambulatory component will be comprised of a core curriculum as well as clinical experiences at a variety of sites as described below. During the ambulatory component, there will be no call or any weekend clinical responsibilities. The core curriculum classes will be held each Monday at the University of Illinois and will include a variety of educational experiences including sessions with Harvey, the simulated cardiovascular teaching mannequin at the University of Illinois.

Most students will have their inpatient and ambulatory experiences at the same location. These locations include Christ Hospital, Lutheran General Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Michael Reese Hospital, Ravenswood Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, University of Illinois Hospital and the Veterans Administration West Side Hospital. One student from UIH and one from the WSVA will do their ambulatory component at the Northern Illinois Medical Center (NIMC). A description of the ambulatory sites including their locations is given below. If there are any questions regarding this clerkship please feel free to call or e-mail either of us.

From: UIH    To: Christ Hospital, W 95th St, Oak Lawn, IL 60457-1883

This is the fastest path to your destination (distance: 18.8 miles; duration: 24.8 minutes) .

1 Starting at 1740 W Taylor St, begin on W TAYLOR ST heading east for 0.2

2 Turn right on S ASHLAND AV heading south for 2.1 miles

3 Turn right on I 55 (ADLAI E STEVENSON EXPY) heading west for 12.1 miles

4 Turn left on LA GRANGE RD (US 12, US 20, US 45) heading southeast for 4.4 miles to W 95th St

From: UIH    To:   Illinois Masonic Medical Center

From: UIH To: Lutheran General Hospital, 1775 Dempster St., Park Ridge, IL 60068-1143

This is the fastest path to your destination (distance: 18.1 miles; duration: 25.6 minutes).

1 Starting at 1740 W Taylor St, begin on W TAYLOR ST heading east for 0.2 miles

2 Turn left on S ASHLAND AV heading north for 0.2 miles

3 Continue on S ASHLAND BLVD heading north for 0.6 miles

4 Bear right on W OGDEN AV (US 34) heading northeast for 1.1

5 Turn left on I 90 (I 94, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY EXPY) heading northwest for 8.8 miles

6 Turn left on CALDWELL AV (US 14) heading northwest for 5.0 miles to 1775 Dempster St

7 Turn left on Dempster heading east for 2.2 miles to 1775 Dempster St 

From: UIH To: Mercy Hospital, 2525 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616-2315

This is the fastest path to your destination (distance: 3.9 miles; duration: 8.8 minutes) .

1 Starting at 1740 W Taylor St, begin on W TAYLOR ST heading east

2Turn right on S HERMITAGE AV heading south for 0.2 miles

3Turn left on W ROOSEVELT RD heading east for 1.3 miles

4Turn right on I 90 (I 94, DAN RYAN EXPY) heading south for 1.4 miles

5 Bear left on I 55 (ADLAI E STEVENSON EXPY) heading east for 1.0 miles

6 Turn right on S MICHIGAN AV heading south to 2525 S Michigan Ave 

From: UIH To: Northern Illinois Medical Center, 4201 W. Medical Center Drive,  McHenry, IL 60050

This is the fastest path to your destination (distance: approx 60 miles; duration: 70 minutes).

1 Starting at 1740 W Taylor St, begin on US 290 heading east for 1.5 miles

2 Turn left on I 90 (I 94) heading northwest for about 40 miles

3 Turn right on HWY 31 heading north for 20 miles to 4201 W Medical Center Dr, Hospital is on your left

From: UIH To: St. Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL 60202-3328

This is the fastest path to your destination (distance: 12.3 miles; duration: 24.4 minutes) .

1 Starting at 1740 W Taylor St, begin on W TAYLOR ST heading east for 0.2 miles

2 Turn left on S ASHLAND AV heading north for 0.2 miles

3 Continue on S ASHLAND BLVD heading north for 0.6 miles

4 Bear right on W OGDEN AV (US 34) heading northeast for 1.1 miles

5 Turn left on I 90 (I 94, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY EXPY) heading northwest for 2.9 miles

6 Turn right on N WESTERN AV heading north for 6.3 miles

7 Continue on UNNAMED STREET heading north for 0.5 miles