Academics

Curriculum

Pediatric Endocrinology Lecture Series

This bi-monthly series involves the faculty and fellows, and is based on the American Board of Pediatrics content specifications for the Pediatric Endocrinology Board Certificate Exam. Core subject areas include:

Introductory Topics
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Bone and Mineral Metabolism
Reproductive Endocrinology
Pituitary/Hypothalamus
Growth
Thyroid
Research Methods

GME Core Curriculum

Fifteen module online curriculum developed by University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) office of Graduate Medical Education to provide residents and fellows with the information they will need in preparation of their joining the physician community. Topic highlights include:

Biostatistics
Scientific method
Human subjects research – IRB, HIPAA, ethics, grant writing, abstract preparation, manuscript preparation
End-of-life issues
Life after fellowship – practice management, patient billing, etc.

Other Conferences

A particularly diverse variety of other conferences and didactic experiences are available to the fellow, a benefit of the combined, three-institution program. These include but are not limited to:

Fellow-Led Case Reviews
Journal Clubs
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Ethics Grand Rounds
Evidence Based Medicine Conferences
Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
Research Presentations

Rotations

Outpatient Pediatric Endocrinology

Most of the fellowship training will take place in clinic. The outpatient clinics will be evenly divided between Rush and UIC clinic sites.

Inpatient Pediatric Endocrinology

Goals are to demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team caring for inpatients, demonstrate the ability to perform a relevant history and physical examination, and understand the importance of discharge planning.

Research

Research training and experience will be obtained through mentoring by faculty with ongoing federally-funded research. The fellows are expected to complete additional training, such as an MPH or a Clinical Translational Research Certificate in CCTS. Fellows are expected to present and publish their research as part of their training and in order to be board-eligible.

Electives

Adult Endocrinology
Reproductive Endocrinology
Pathology

First Year Block Diagram

Month/4WK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Rotations	Outpatient UIC-50% Rush-50%	Inpatient Outpatient UIC-50% Rush-50%	Inpatient Outpatient UIC-50% Rush-50%	Outpatient UIC-50% Rush-50%	Inpatient Outpatient UIC-50% Rush-50%	Outpatient UIC-50% Rush-50%	Inpatient Outpatient UIC-50% Rush-50%	Inpatient Outpatient UIC-50% Rush-50%	Outpatient UIC-50% Rush-50%	Inpatient Outpatient UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research Outpatient UIC-50% Rush-50%	VAC

Second Year Block Diagram

Month/4WK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Rotations	Research-50% Outpatient-50% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-50% Outpatient-50% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	VAC	Research-50% Inpatient-25% Outpatient-25% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-50% Outpatient-50% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Inpatient-25% Research-50% Outpatient-25% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-50% Outpatient-50% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-50% Outpatient-50% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-50% Outpatient-50% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-50% Outpatient-50% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-50% Outpatient-50% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Inpatient-25% Research-50% Outpatient-25% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%

Third Year Block Diagram

Month/4WK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Rotations	Research-80% Inpatient-10% Outpatient-10% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-80% Outpatient-20% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-80% Outpatient-20% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-80% Outpatient-20% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-80% Outpatient-20% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-80% Outpatient-20% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	VAC	Research-80% Outpatient-20% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-80% Outpatient-20% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-80% Outpatient-20% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-80% Inpatient-10% Outpatient-10% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%	Research-80% Outpatient-20% ––––– UIC-50% Rush-50%