Infectious Disease - Stroger

Location

Stroger

# Weeks

4

Hours/week on site

51-60, 31-40

Open to M3s?

yes

Scheduled through OASIS?

yes

On Rush schedule?

yes

# other students

1

Prerequisites

medicine

Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility

2-3 days

Overnight call?

no

Work weekends?

yes (2)

Weekend call?

no (1), yes (1)

Is there an exam at the end of the rotation

no

Students required to give a presentation

no

Teaching hours/day

0-1, 1-2

Teaching style

Patient rounds, Morning report/Case conference, Lectures by attending/residents

Suggested reading/pocket contents

Neuro equipment; Sanford guide;
you are given info about medications; read about opportunistic infections and HIV medications and complications

Structure of rotation

Team-based

Amt/quality of time residents/attendings

Most of the day; great teaching

Proportion of time evaluating pts alone

75-100%

# pts evaluated/day

2-4

Procedures

never, a few times/wk

Typical day

Pre-round, round, see new consults; case conference; usually 1-3 hours
of down time; done by 3 on non-call days, by 6 on call days

Usefulness for any residency (# stars/5)

4, 5

Usefulness for this residency (# stars/5)

5

Useful for other specialties

All specialties because of the focus on relevant antibiotics.

Overall rating (# stars/5)

3, 5

Recommended to other students (# stars/5)

3, 5

Other comments

It is very busy but you learn so much. The patients are complicated. Almost as if you are functioning as a sub-I.