Clinical Teaching Opportunities

Case-Based Teaching for Courses in Phase 1 Curriculum

Time Commitment: Flexible

Facilitate an interactive teaching session for first- and second-year medical students, focused on clinical problem-solving or clinical application of basic science concepts." 

• Scientific Foundations of Medicine
• Clinical Foundations of Medicine
• Clinical Anatomy
• Essentials of Clinical Reasoning
• Foundations of Interprofessional Practice
• Infection-Immunology-Hematology
• Clinical Epidemiology
• Skin
• Gastroenterology
• Cardiovascular-Pulmonary-Renal
• Bioethics
• Neurobehavioral Health (NBH)
• Patient Safety
• Musculoskeletal (MSK)
• Endocrine-Reproductive
• Multisystem
• Clinical Skills

Contacts:

• Dr. David Everly: david.everly@rosalindfranklin.edu
• Dr. Lalita Prasad-Reddy: lalita.prasadreddy@rosalindfranklin.edu

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Preceptor for Clinical Foundations of Medicine (CFoM) Course

Time Commitment: Flexible

Serve as preceptor to M1 students completing their early clinical experiences (Observerships) in the Clinical Foundations of Medicine (CFoM) course. This is a course designed to allow students to apply foundational principles fundamental to clinical care. This course introduces various “Models of Care” as a framework for the first-year Observerships and introduces standardized clinical performance skills essential for clinical practice.

Early Clinical Experiences (Observerships):
M1s do their early clinical experiences within the CFoM Course from late-October to mid-May of the academic year. Each student completes a total of four, 4-hour clinical experiences, over the course of the year at various sites. The experience is usually either a half-day (1 Observership) or full-day (2 Observerships) experience.

Preceptors agree to a set number of students they would like to precept over the academic year. Once students are on-boarded at the site (if applicable), students are assigned to their preceptor/sites.

Preceptors allow students to observe their clinical practice and evaluation and management of patients. M1s are not expected to do any independent patient evaluations at this point of the curriculum. Preceptors will be asked to sign the student’s logbook page confirming that the student was in attendance.

Contact:

• Dr. Regina Gomez: regina.gomez@rosalindfranklin.edu

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Small-Group Preceptor for Essentials of Clinical Reasoning (ECR) 1 & 2 Courses

Time Commitment: Flexible

Essentials of Clinical Reasoning 1 & 2 (ECR 1 & 2) is an interprofessional medicine course for first- and second-year medical and podiatric students. Clinical faculty serve as small-group preceptors on-campus and virtually (Zoom). 

ECR 1 (first-year medical and podiatric students) focuses on foundational clinical reasoning and physical examination skills.  The course includes skill development in the realms of communication, patient interviewing, synthesizing a differential diagnosis, composing and presenting an H&P and performing a physical exam.  ECR 2  (second-year medical and podiatric students) builds on the skills that the students established in ECR 1. 

Contact:

• Dr. Rosanne Oggoian: rosanne.oggoian@rosalindfranklin.edu

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Small-Group Preceptor for Schema Cases

Time Commitment: Flexible

Schema cases are small group clinical case discussions for first and second-year medical students. There are 8 students and 1 faculty member in each group. Cases are done on Mondays and Fridays, for 2 hours. The format is PBL (problem-based learning), in which students do research during the case and lead parts of it. Preceptors are provided with the case, answers and discussion points. Scientists and clinicians are welcome to participate. 

Contact:

• Dr. Stuart Kiken: stuart.kiken@rosalindfranklin.edu or kiks@sinai.org 

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Small-Group Preceptor for Principles of Professionalism, Health Care & Health Equity (P2H2) Course

Time Commitment: Flexible

Please check back later for more information about this teaching opportunity. 

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Preceptor for Formative M3CSE 1

Time Commitment: Flexible

The Formative M3CSE 1 that takes place in the Fall of the M3 year utilizes faculty preceptors to listen to individual student oral patient presentations, and then provide immediate feedback and an evaluation utilizing a rubric. The sessions are 4 hours.

Contact:

• Dr. Leo Kelly: leo.kelly@rosalindfranklin.edu or leo.kelly@advocatehealth.com

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Providing an Elective for Second-Year Students

Time Commitment: 2-3 hours weekly over a course of 10-12 weeks

Several different opportunities are provided to second-year students to strengthen and deepen their understanding of physiology, pathophysiology, or clinical medicine. Our medical curriculum provides extensive elective opportunities that are designed to supplement required learning experiences and permit students in their pre-clinical years to gain exposure to individual specialties, while also pursuing individual academic interests.  Clinical electives include radiology, orthopedics, dermatology, while academic electives that students can participate in include medical education special topics, as well as peer tutoring electives.

Time commitment from faculty is estimated to be 2-3 hours weekly over a course of 10-12 weeks.  Electives run in all three quarters of the M2 curriculum.

Contact:

• Dr. Lalita Prasad-Reddy: lalita.prasadreddy@rosalindfranklin.edu

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Providing an Elective for Fourth-Year Students

Time Commitment: A 4-week clinical rotation

M4 Electives
The M4 electives span the width and breadth of medicine. M4 electives are intended to provide the M4 student with an in-depth understanding of a specialty. Many students use the M4 electives to determine their career choices and to evaluate potential residencies. Usually, the timeframe is 4 weeks, though it can be flexible with prior discussion with the point of contact.

Contact:

• Dr. Brenda Affinati: brenda.affinati@rosalindfranklin.edu

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M4 Sub-Internships

Time Commitment: A 4-week clinical rotation

The M4 Sub-internships are intended to provide the M4 student with a GME-like experience to prepare them for residency the following year. These sub-internships, typically inpatient/hospital-based rotations, are structured clinical training with various assessments and feedback, both formative and summative, during a 4-week clinical rotation. Students are required to complete one sub-internship in any of these specialties:

• Emergency Medicine
• Family Medicine/Primary Care
• Internal Medicine
• Neurology
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Surgery

Contact:

• Dr. Brenda Affinati: brenda.affinati@rosalindfranklin.edu

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Bedside Teaching at Clinical Sites

Time Commitment: Flexible

Teach M4 students in the inpatient/hospital clinical setting during clerkships, sub-internships, and M3 and M4 electives. 

Contacts:

• Contact the individual Site Director for each specialty. Email Dr. Brenda Affinati, brenda.affinati@rosalindfranklin.edu, to connect with the proper Site Director.

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Teaching CMS Residents in Internal Medicine or Psychiatry Programs

Time Commitment: Flexible

Teach CMS Internal Medicine or Psychiatry residents (either lectures or bedside teaching). 

Contact:

• Internal Medicine Residency Program (Lovell Federal Health Care Center) — Dr. William Cotter: william.cotter@va.gov
• Internal Medicine Residency Program (Northwestern McHenry) — Dr. Maryna Shayuk: maryna.shayuk@rosalindfranklin.edu
• Psychiatry Residency Program — Dr. Paul Hung: paul.hung@rosalindfranklin.edu and Dr. Dima Arbach: dima.arbach@rosalindfranklin.edu

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Presenter at a Faculty Development Event

Time Commitment: Flexible

Give a lecture/presentation or lead a workshop for CMS faculty during Educational Grand Rounds or any other faculty development event. 

Contact:

• Dr. Subhasis Misra: subhasis.misra@rosalindfranklin.edu

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