Resident Education & Scholarly Activities
Boss Povieng and Elsa George wasting no time during Inpatient Rotations!
Formal Didactics (Wednesday from 8am to 10:30am, 3rd & 4th Monday from 4pm - 6pm as needed)
The formal didactic educational curriculum is organized monthly with each month dedicated to a specific rehabilitation topic (e.g. August is Stroke month) with all faculty participating periodically throughout the year based upon their clinical interest and specialty. Rather than a traditional ‘lecture,’ we have taken a cue from our Medical College and transitioned our education into a Flipped Classroom Model with Case-Based Small Group Learning Sessions (i.e. PBL/EBL) lead by our faculty. Residents are required to read the assigned reading materials to prepare for a discussion group within their PGY class and/or the entire residency. At the conclusion of each month, residents are given a quiz with questions written by the faculty participants for the month as a means for residents to monitor their educational process in addition to helping the practice answering test questions for written boards.
Safety Rounds (2nd Mondays at 4pm)
Each month, the medical transfers and safety events from the past month are reviewed and discussed using root-cause analysis. The teaching points are used to create new protocols to reduce future events in addition to sparking Quality Improvement projects for resident physicians. Each month, a resident volunteers to give a 10 minute presentation using evidence-based medicine to expand upon a teaching point from the previous month (e.g. management of acute respiratory distress in acute rehabilitation).
Dugan Rounds (1st Mondays at 4pm) - Research, Health Equity, Disability Advocacy, and Professional Development
Monthly rounds conducted by our Chairperson, Dr. Sheila Dugan, that has sessions focused on:
- Research Principles (co-run by Karla Wente, our department’s research assistant): sessions are geared to help residents conduct their own research project. Future sessions will entail how to use “Slicer Dicer” program in EPIC, how to submit an IRB, how to structure a research program, etc
- Disability Advocacy (co-run by Dr. Ravi Kasi): interactive sessions on a variety of Disability Topics
- Health Equity
- Professional Development: alumni are invited to speak to the residents regarding post-graduation plans including fellowship, job search, etc
Best way to learn Ultrasound is to ultrasound yourself (with the guidance of your Senior Residents, of course)!
Ultrasound and EMG Curriculum: Twice a month during Formal Didactics (i.e. protected time), faculty members will lead a seminar on an Ultrasound and/or EMG topic followed by a hands-on workshop
Board Preparation (Written & Oral Boards)
Each Spring, the program coordinates a Mock Oral Boards (Part II) with faculty proctors for the current PGY4 and the recently graduated residents who are preparing for Mock Oral Boards. Mock Orals are also including during the monthly lecture series. Written boards (Part I) education is integrated into the didactic learning - see above. The program also purchases online Board Review Question Bank (PMR Recap), Video Lecture Series, and Textbooks for each resident.
Grand Rounds:
Residents are required to give a Grand Rounds presentation each year to an audience of our core and associated faculty in addition to the entire interdisciplinary rehabilitation team (PM&R, PT, OT, SLP, Psychology, etc) from the Chicago Medical District (Rush, University of Illinois, and Cook County Hospital). Residents are given support via their Mentors and are encouraged to pick topics of their clinical interest particularly if they are thinking of pursuing a fellowship in that field.