Rheumatology

Location

Stroger

# Weeks

4

Hours/week on site

21-30

Open to M3s?

yes

Scheduled through OASIS?

yes

On Rush schedule?

yes

# other students

2

Prerequisites

?

Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility ?  

Overnight call?

no

Work weekends?

no

Weekend call?

no

Is there an exam at the end of the rotation

no

Students required to give a presentation

no

Teaching hours/day

1-2

Teaching style

Patient rounds, lectures given by residents/attendings

Suggested reading/pocket contents

None

 

Structure of rotation

Team-based

Amt/quality of time residents/attendings

Most time with attending or fellow. Nice people. Good quality teachers.

Proportion of time evaluating pts alone

75-100%

# pts evaluated/day

4-6

Procedures

a few times/day

Typical day

Half day clinic at county, 1-2 hr lunch, 1 hr lecture, then rounds in afternoon (but not always) lasting 1 hr max (service was not busy though when I was there)

Usefulness for any residency (# stars/5)

3

Usefulness for this residency (# stars/5)

4

Useful for other specialties

Rheumatology, orthopedica, PMnR

Overall rating (# stars/5)

5

Recommended to other students (# stars/5)

5

Other comments

Especially if you are interested in orthopedics, take this!  Get to do lots of aspirations/injections, very nice people, good teachers, short hours, very flexible, I recommend county over rush!