NASA’s Aerospace Medicine Clerkship Let me start by answering your first question about this elective: What is Aerospace Medicine? Well, it’s the field of medicine responsible for managing the health effects of flying and medical qualifications to fly. It’s mainly concerned with taking care of pilots, flight crews, and astronauts. Technically it falls within theContinue reading “NASA Elective- 2023”
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Alaska Elective – 2023
Author: Alena Hoover, PGY3 This past summer I had the opportunity to complete an away rotation in rural emergency medicine in Sitka, Alaska. This was one of my favorite experiences in residency. For a total of four weeks, I lived and worked on an island in Southeast Alaska. I left Alaska with a month ofContinue reading “Alaska Elective – 2023”
Rural Medicine Elective – 2023
Author: PGY3/Chief Resident Caresse Voung During one of my electives, I opted to do a Rural Medicine elective at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center in Idaho. My motivating reason was wanting experience a different taste of emergency medicine outside the bustling urban environment of Chicago. Wood River Medical Center is a critical access hospital,Continue reading “Rural Medicine Elective – 2023”
Public Health/Tribal Medicine Rotation (2023)
Author: Shayne Polley (PGY3) Public Health Indian Hospital Rotation Tséhootsooí Medical Center Fort Defiance, Arizona – on the Navajo Reservation Our Emergency Medicine Residency Program at ACMC is unique for several reasons – we rotate one-to-one attending-with-resident while on-shift in the ED; we rotate only at Advocate Christ Hospital, which allows us to foster relationshipsContinue reading “Public Health/Tribal Medicine Rotation (2023)”
Rural Medicine Elective – Idaho
Rural Medicine Elective at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center in Ketchum, Idaho Author- Alex Kahweiler PGY3 One amazing aspect of training at ACMC is the three months of elective time built into our curriculum. This allows residents to pursue career interests, explore niche areas of emergency medicine, or gain more experience within EM. CommonContinue reading “Rural Medicine Elective – Idaho”
Texas Panel (10/8/2020)
In this Panel, we sit down with current residents from Texas and recent alum practicing in Texas to talk about training at ACMC, their favorite parts of Chicago, and the Journey Back to the Longhorn State ft- Tyler Nicols (PGY1) Maha Khalid (PGY1) Sola Balogun (’15) Braden Parker (’16)
4 Minute Friday – Simulation
In this week’s 4 Minute Friday we meet Maggie Putman, the Resident Director of Simulation to discuss the longitudinal simulation curriculum
Gays of Christ
Yes, you heard that correctly. GAYS👏OF👏CHRIST!👏 Whether you’re a follower of Jesus or a follower of Gaga (Capital H-I-M), you’ve got plenty of Good Judys at ACMC. We’re building a dynasty of LGBTQIA+ residents, attendings, nurses, techs, and pharmacists and we’d love to have you.Activities include brunch, kiki-ing on shift, and general tom-foolery. We welcomeContinue reading “Gays of Christ”
ACMC Emergency Medicine 