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Location |
Illinois Department of Public Health |
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# Weeks |
2 |
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Hours/week on site |
31-40 |
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Open to M3s? |
yes |
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Scheduled through OASIS? |
yes |
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On Rush schedule? |
yes |
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# other students |
1 |
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Prerequisites |
none |
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Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility |
I don't know but it's flexible |
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Overnight call? |
no |
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Work weekends? |
no |
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Weekend call? |
no |
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Is there an exam at the end of the rotation |
no |
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Students required to give a presentation |
yes |
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Teaching hours/day |
0-1 |
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Teaching style |
Lecture given by resident or attending, Student presentations |
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Suggested reading/pocket contents |
None. You can check out the IDPH website for info if you want to do something before you start. |
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Structure of rotation |
One-on-one with attendings/residents |
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Amt/quality of time residents/attendings |
Approximately 1 hr/day with attending. The rest of the time is filled with meetings, conference calls, independent study and work on your project/presentation. |
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Proportion of time evaluating pts alone |
0-25% |
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# pts evaluated/day |
0-2 |
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Procedures |
never |
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Typical day |
As an M3 on a 2 wk rotation hours were 9-5 at the ILDPH. I was given an office to share with another student where we had internet access to research our projects and a phone for the multiple daily conference calls with the Springfield DPH and the CDC. There are also occasional meetings and field trips. I went to the Quarantine center at O'Hare Airport one day and observed a restaurant inspection on another. Each student is assigned a project or outbreak (if you are there for 4wks) and you must present something at the end of the rotation. I submitted my work for possible publication at the end of the 2wks. If you do this as a 4th year and/or a 4wk rotation you have much more flexibility as it seems you do about the same amount of work but over twice the amount of time. |
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Usefulness for any residency |
4 of 5 stars |
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Usefulness for this residency |
5 of 5 stars |
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Useful for other specialties |
Any with Research Component, esp. Preventive Med, Infectious Disease, Medicine, Family Medicine. |
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Overall rating |
5 of 5 stars |
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Recommended to other students |
5 of 5 stars |
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Other comments |
I really enjoyed this rotation but it clearly isn't for everyone. For me, sitting in an office reading, writing and doing research was a welcome and enjoyable break from the floors. Dr. Conover is very accommodating. I told him I was more interested in Public Health Policy than the ID aspect of the rotation so he gave me the freedom to work on writing practice guidelines for IL docs. |