GME Times
The UIC Graduate Medical Education Newsletter
June 2007
Vol. 4, No. 12
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The GME Office will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, 2007, for a University holiday.
  
GME Resident HotLine - 312-996-8662

If you have an issue relating to your residency program that you don't feel comfortable discussing with your chief resident or program director, call the GME Resident HotLine. Your  message will be received only by Cathy Canfield-Jepson, the Director of Graduate Medical Education, and Dr. L. J. Sandlow, the College of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs. Confidentiality is assured.

  
Changing Your Address After Leaving UIC
If you change your address after leaving UIC, you  must send UIC Payroll Services your new address in writing so you can receive your W2 at the end of the calendar year. After you leave UIC, the GME Office cannot change your address, and you will no longer have access to NESSIE to make the change yourself.
To change your address after leaving UIC, fax a letter with your new address to OBFS, Payroll Services at 312-996-6542, or mail the letter to:
OBFS Payroll Services,  M/C 547                                
University of Illinois at Chicago, Room 118 MAB        
809 South Marshfield Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612

  
Core Curriculum
The requirements for completion of your residency or fellowship include completion of online Core Curriculum topics which should be done at a steady rate of one module every three months. For additional information including extensive help, see the Core Curriculum website.
If you have technical difficulties, please contact the Department of Medical Education Core Curriculum Help Desk staff by calling their toll-free telephone number 1-877-DME-ONLN (1-877-363-6656) or via  email to dme-online@uic.edu.

  
First Paycheck for New Residents and Fellows
If your file is complete and everything is in order, you will receive your first full month paycheck on August 16. Your pay for the first weeks of your program will arrive some time between July 16 and August 16, as soon as your new appointment is completely processed through the University Payroll system.

  
GME Program Contacts
If you have a question and don't know whom to call, start with your GME Program Contact. Your Program Contact can answer your questions  or direct you to the appropriate person or University office where you can find help.

  
Rotation Evaluations for Duty Hours & Institutional Issues
Duty Hours & Institutional Issues evaluations are required for every rotation you do throughout your residency, subspecialty or fellowship program. These evaluations address but are not limited to the following:
Duty Hours
•   A maximum of 80 duty hours per week including in-house call, averaged over four weeks
•   One day in seven free, including call from home, averaged over four weeks
•   A 10-Hour break between daily duty periods and after in-house call
•   In-house call no more than every third night, averaged over four weeks
•   No more than 24 hours consecutively on site, plus six additional hours for didactics, patient care transfer, outpatient clinics and continuity of care, without accepting new patients
Institutional Issues
•   Food Services: quality, cost and accessibility
•   Call Rooms: quality, safety, cleanliness and privacy
•   Patient Support Services (e.g., phlebotomy, transport, etc.): adequacy and availability
•   Laboratory, Pathology & Radiology Services: adequacy and availability
•   Online Information Resources: availability of medical records, internet access and online Library resources
•   Security: availability and adequacy for personal belongings
•   Personal Safety: adequacy
•   Parking Services: availability, cost and safety of location
You will receive reminders to do your Duty Hours and Institutional Issues rotation evaluations via email sent through the UIMCC New Innovations Residency Suite Management database system. Contact the GME Office at 312-996-2933 if you encounter login or technical difficulties.

  
Teaching Skills Program for PGY1 Residents
The UIC College of Medicine provides a series of workshops and practica to enhance residents' teaching skills. Attendance is mandatory for all PGY1 residents unless your training program offers an approved, alternative  teaching skills curriculum.
The first workshop, which is presented at GME New Resident Orientation in June, introduces the principles of clinical teaching and effective feedback. Subsequent workshops will reinforce this material and focus on additional teaching skills such as:
•   Effective lectures and presentations
•   Case-based teaching
•   Teaching at the bedside
•   Teaching procedural skills
PGY1s must attend two workshops in addition to the one presented at GME New Resident Orientation. Workshops are 1.5 hours in length and are held in the Department of Medical Education, room 988 CME, 808 South Wood Street, in groups of about 10-30 residents from different specialties and programs. The sessions are highly interactive and include opportunities for you to practice your new skills.

  
Welcome New UIC Residents!
Congratulations and welcome to Graduate Medical Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. We are pleased you have joined us.
Feel free to contact the GME Office with any questions, suggestions or concerns you may have during your residency.