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Clinical Teaching Opportunities

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Chicago Medical School (CMS) prides itself in providing a rich and meaningful faculty experience. A member of the CMS faculty can participate in multiple ways, including teaching, research, mentoring, career counseling, service on various committees, and clinical practice at our clinic or affiliate sites.

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Teaching Opportunities

Classroom Lecturer
for Courses in Phase 1 Curriculum
Preceptor
for Clinical Foundations of Medicine Course
Small-Group Preceptor
for Essentials of Clinical Reasoning (ECR) Course
Small-Group Preceptor
for Schema Cases
Small-Group Preceptor
for P2H2 Course
Small-Group Preceptor
for Clinical Skills Remediation
ECR Preceptor
For second-year students
Providing an Elective
For second-year students
Lecturer for M3 Electives
Providing an Elective
For third- or fourth-year students
M4 Sub-Internships
Clerkship Lecturer
Bedside Teaching at Clinical Sites
Teaching CMS Residents
in Internal Medicine or Psychiatry Programs
Presenter
at a Faculty Development Event

 

More details for each opportunity:

Lecturer

Classroom Lecturer for Courses in Phase 1 Curriculum

Time Commitment: Flexible

Give a lecture during an M1 or M2 course, including: 

  • Scientific Foundations of Medicine
  • Clinical Foundations of Medicine
  • Clinical Anatomy
  • Essentials of Clinical Reasoning
  • Foundations of Interprofessional Practice
  • Infection-Immunology-Hematology
  • Clinical Epidemiology
  • Skin
  • Gastroenterology
  • Cardiovascular-Pulmonary-Renal
  • Bioethics
  • Neurobehavioral Health (NBH)
  • Patient Safety
  • Musculoskeletal (MSK)
  • Endocrine-Reproductive
  • Multisystem
  • Clinical Skills

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Preceptor

Preceptor for Clinical Foundations of Medicine (CFoM) Course

Time Commitment: Flexible

Serve as preceptor to M1 students completing their early clinical experiences (Observerships) in the Clinical Foundations of Medicine (CFoM) course. This is a course designed to allow students to apply foundational principles fundamental to clinical care. This course introduces various “Models of Care” as a framework for the first-year Observerships and introduces standardized clinical performance skills essential for clinical practice.

Early Clinical Experiences (Observerships):
M1s do their early clinical experiences within the CFoM Course from late-October to mid-May of the academic year. Each student completes a total of four, 4-hour clinical experiences, over the course of the year at various sites. The experience is usually either a half-day (1 Observership) or full-day (2 Observerships) experience.

Preceptors agree to a set number of students they would like to precept over the academic year. Once students are on-boarded at the site (if applicable), students are assigned to their preceptor/sites.

Preceptors allow students to observe their clinical practice and evaluation and management of patients. M1s are not expected to do any independent patient evaluations at this point of the curriculum. Preceptors will be asked to sign the student’s logbook page confirming that the student was in attendance.

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Small-Group Preceptor

Small-Group Preceptor for Essentials of Clinical Reasoning (ECR) Course

Time Commitment: Flexible

Teach clinical skills in a lab or simulation setting. 

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Small-Group Preceptor

Small-Group Preceptor for Schema Cases

Time Commitment: Flexible

Serve as preceptor during extended cases presented by students in groups of 8, culminating each week’s curricular focus on a particular clinical presentation. 

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Small-Group Preceptor

Small-Group Preceptor for Principles of Professionalism, Health Care & Health Equity (P2H2) Course

Time Commitment: Flexible

Lead small-group sessions during the Principles of Professionalism, Health Care & Health Equity (P2H2) course. This is a longitudinal course series which prepares the student for the practice of medicine in the contemporary social and cultural healthcare environment. Students will be introduced to selected topics (including professionalism, ethical challenges in clinical practice, health disparities and healthcare inequities, social determinants of health, medical humanities in an era of technology, structural racism, sexism, sexual and gender minority (SGM) bias and other discrimination, and implicit bias) and will then identify strategies and applications to achieve health equity in clinical practice. The course includes lectures, small group discussions, patient panels, and written reflections. 

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Small-Group Preceptor

Small-Group Preceptor for Clinical Skills Remediation

Time Commitment: Flexible

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Preceptor

Preceptor for Second-Year Students in Essentials of Clinical Reasoning 2 (ECR2) Course

Time Commitment: Flexible

Serve as preceptor to M2 students completing clinical experiences in the Essentials of Clinical Reasoning 2 (ECR2) course. This course focuses on the skills used in all disciplines of medicine and patient care. In this course, second-year medical students build upon their skills of history taking and physical exam maneuvers, as well as combining those skills with clinical reasoning, to formulate appropriate assessments and plans. Throughout the year, students are also exposed to expanded training on interacting with specific patient populations (i.e. peds, geriatrics, etc.), as well as unique clinical situations. Students build on their clinical experiences with the “Preceptorships” — an evolution of their first-year Observerships — and begin working with live patients in active clinical settings.

Preceptorships:
M2s participate in clinical experiences from October to March through the Preceptorships. These experiences allow students to interact with real patients, with unique histories and genuine exams, to help add to their clinical experiences before the clinical years. This process involves 4 total visits of 4-hours (or ½ day) duration (with 2 visits counting toward the preceptorships if the student spends a full day) spaced out over the academic year. The number of students to each site is discussed prior to the school year, and onboarding requirements are addressed at the start of the academic year. Visits are completed at clinical sites, including inpatient hospital units as well as outpatient clinics, to give students opportunities to work with clinical healthcare teams and to use their history/exam skills to interview, examine, and assess live patients. Students work under the tutelage of physicians and receive constructive feedback on their skills and plans, as well as any additional guidance that only comes through true patient exposure. A detailed guide for the participating physicians of our Preceptorships is available to all participating sites.

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Providing a New Elective

Providing an Elective for Second-Year Students

Time Commitment: 2-3 hours weekly over a course of 10-12 weeks

Several different opportunities are provided to second-year students to strengthen and deepen their understanding of physiology, pathophysiology, or clinical medicine. Our medical curriculum provides extensive elective opportunities that are designed to supplement required learning experiences and permit students in their pre-clinical years to gain exposure to individual specialties, while also pursuing individual academic interests.  Clinical electives include radiology, orthopedics, dermatology, while academic electives that students can participate in include medical education special topics, as well as peer tutoring electives.

Time commitment from faculty is estimated to be 2-3 hours weekly over a course of 10-12 weeks.  Electives run in all three quarters of the M2 curriculum.

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Lecturer

Lecturer for M3 Electives

Time Commitment: Flexible

Give a lecture to third-year medical students during an elective course. 

The M3 electives augment the M3 year with a clinical experience that is not a required clerkship. An example would be Anesthesia or Ophthalmology, among many others. Dr. Allswede is working with our clinical sites to develop these specially designed clinical exposures appropriate for the M3 student. Contact him if you are interested in giving a lecture during one of these electives.

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Providing a New Elective

Providing an Elective for Third- or Fourth-Year Students

Time Commitment: A 4-week clinical rotation

M3 Electives
The M3 electives augment the M3 year with a clinical experience that is not a required clerkship. An example would be Anesthesia or Ophthalmology, among many others. Clinical rotations are usually 4 weeks.

Dr. Allswede is working with our clinical sites to develop these specially designed clinical exposures appropriate for the M3 student. Contact him if you are interested in working with us to offer a new elective clinical experience to our third-year students.

M4 Electives
The M4 electives span the width and breadth of medicine. M4 electives are intended to provide the M4 student with an in-depth understanding of a specialty. Many students use the M4 electives to determine their career choices and to evaluate potential residencies. Usually, the timeframe is 4 weeks, though it can be flexible with prior discussion with the point of contact.

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Sub-Internship

M4 Sub-Internships

Time Commitment: A 4-week clinical rotation

The M4 Sub-internships are intended to provide the M4 student with a GME-like experience to prepare the student for residency in the next year. These sub-internships are structured clinical training with various assessments and feedback, both formative and summative, during a 4-week clinical rotation. Students are required to complete one sub-internship in any of these specialties:

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family Medicine/Primary Care
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neurology
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery

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Lecturer

Clerkship Lecturer

Time Commitment: Flexible

Give a lecture during an M3 clerkship, including: 

  • Internal Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Pediatrics
  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry
  • Family Medicine/Primary Care
  • Emergency Medicine

The M3 clerkships are structured clinical training with various assessments, and feedback, both formative and summative during a 6-week clinical rotation.

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Bedside Teaching

Bedside Teaching at Clinical Sites

Time Commitment: Flexible

Teach M3 and M4 students in the clinical setting during clerkships, sub-internships, and M3 and M4 electives. 

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Teaching Residents

Teaching CMS Residents in Internal Medicine or Psychiatry Programs

Time Commitment: Flexible

Teach CMS Internal Medicine or Psychiatry residents (either lectures or bedside teaching). 

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Faculty Development

Presenter at a Faculty Development Event

Time Commitment: Flexible

Give a lecture/presentation or lead a workshop for CMS faculty during Educational Grand Rounds or any other faculty development event. 

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