Drs Conner, Laragh, Radosta, Darlington, Basha and I will discuss why we applied for chief year, the many benefits of chief residency, challenges and the many skills you learn during this extra year. Join us for these personal stories on chief residency.

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Chief residency: More Personal Stories

Why did chief residents seek to become chief residents? What made chief year special? Join us as we speak to prior chiefs about chief residency and the many reasons to do a chief year. On today's episode: AML, Adam, Scott, Colin, Brian and Sanket. 

Chief residency: Personal Stories

In this episode, AML interviews our department head, Dr Patricia Finn, and we talk about her life and career. This episode is part of a Meet the Faculty series, where we interview faculty members to learn about their trajectories and background.

Meet the Faculty: Dr Patricia W Finn, Department Head

This episode is part of a Meet the Program Director series. The purpose of these episodes us for you to get to know our fellowship PDs, what they are looking for in applicants, get to known the many strengths of subspecialty training at UIC, and hopefully get valuable information for fellowship application season. 

Meet the Program Director: AML – Infectious Diseases

This episode is part of a Meet the Program Director series that we recorded a previous year. The purpose of these episodes us for you to get to know our fellowship PDs, what they are looking for in applicants, get to known the many strengths of subspecialty training at UIC, and hopefully get valuable information for fellowship application season. I will post some of our prior conversations with fellowship program directors throughout the week.

Meet the Program Director: Dr Singla/Pulm-Critical Care

In this episode, we talk to Dr David Peace, Program Director of our Hematology/Oncology fellowship program. This episode is part of a Meet the Program Director series that we recorded a previous year. The purpose of these episodes us for you to get to know our fellowship PDs, what they are looking for in applicants, get to known the many strengths of subspecialty training at UIC, and hopefully get valuable information for fellowship application season. I will post some of our prior conversations with fellowship program directors throughout the week.

Meet the PD: Dr Peace – Hematology/Oncology

Meet the Program Director: Dr Auseon/Cardiology

In this episode, we will discuss key crosscover tips and overnight advice for our new interns. Join Ashley/Brian/Sanket and I as we go through some scenarios and give you some survival advice.

Intern Cross-Covering Tips

We are all affected by COVID, professionally and personally, and we all will find ways to stay centered through all these changes. Join us, as we record our COVID Diaries. In this episode, AML tells us how he coped during the pandemic.

The COVID Diaries: AML

In this episode, outgoing chiefs and new chiefs say hello and goodbye.

Meet the Chiefs, and a Farewell to Chiefs.

In this episode, AML talks to Dr Garcia-Bedoya about recent COVID-19 statistics showing a significant burden of disease in communities of color. We will discuss health equity and different factors, historical and scientific, that may contribute to these trends.

COVID19: Health disparities and the pandemic

In this episode, AML reviews the mechanism of action of proposed treatment options, and talks to Dr Mahesh Patel and Dr Scott Borgetti about the evidence, research and controversies behind all these therapies. We will also focus on differing opinions on the use of these drugs before data definitively proves their clinical benefit. Below are some articles, and interesting editorials on JAMA and other journals on this topic. We are all balancing the need to do (treat) and the need to learn (study), as we evaluate and treat patients with COVID19. There’s no perfect answer, but a great discussion nonetheless. Data changes by the minute. This conversation reflects our thoughts as of 4/4. Thanks for tuning in!

COVID19: Treatment evidence, research and controversies

AML calls Dr Bleasdale to ask her some key questions. How is COVID19 transmitted and what's the right PPE? What is up with unversal source control masking? Join us for answers to these questions, and more.

COVID19: Questions for Dr Bleasdale

We are all affected by COVID, professionally and personally, and we all will find ways to stay centered through all these changes. Join us, as we record our COVID Diaries. In this episode, Colin tells us how he is doing.

The COVID Diaries: Colin

We are all affected by COVID, professionally and personally, and we all will find ways to stay centered through all these changes. Join us, as we record our COVID Diaries. In this episode, Glenn tells us how he stays centered.

The COVID Diaries: Glenn

Welcome to the UIC Internal Medicine Residency Podcast! Join our chief residents as we discuss key topics that will help advance the education of our medicine residents.

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