Endocrinology

Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties

  • Course Information

    Course Number: RMDN609

    Prerequisites: Completion of the Phase 2 Internal Medicine or Family Medicine clerkship

    Length of Time: 2 weeks

    Phase Availability: Phase 2 and Phase 3

    Credit Type: Physician Assessed Patient Facing (PAPFE) or Open

    Call: No

  • Contact Information

    Program Director at OSF Medical Group: Sameer Ansar, MD

    Program Director at Mercyhealth Alpine: Aliya Naseer, MD

    Program Director at UW Health Villagreen View: Sravanthi Nagavalli, MD

    Coordinator/Scheduling: Allison King (aking75@uic.edu)

    Location: OSF Medical Group-Diabetes & Endocrinology (5668 E. State St, Suite 2000, Rockford, IL 61108); Mercyhealth Alpine (7702 N Alpine Rd., Loves Park, IL 61111); UW Health Villagreen View Clinic (6861 Villagreen View, Rockford, IL 61107)

Narrative Description: Students attend endocrine outpatient clinics. They also accompany consultation physicians for inpatient consultations and are required to be present for one thyroid biopsy clinic and diabetes group class.

Learning Objectives: To demonstrate competency in the ambulatory and hospital care of patients with common endocrine and metabolic disorders, including the ability to perform appropriately directed history and physical examination, interpretation of basic endocrine laboratory data and determination of management options

Learning Activities:

  1. Shadowing physicians.
  2. Taking history and physical examination, determining a differential diagnosis and coming up with a basic diagnostic plan.
  3. Attending diabetes group classes, new insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor starts.
  4. Observing thyroid biopsies and ultrasounds (dependent on location).

Method of Assessment: At the end of the rotation, the attending physicians, educators and nursing staff will give students feedback and submit standard UIC evaluation forms.

Required Reading: None

General Scheduling: Monday-Friday, at least 8 hours/day, per physician schedule.

Additional Resources: American Diabetes Association “Standard of Medical Care in Diabetes Mellitus”, Williams Textbook of Endocrinology, NEJM – review articles, Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Miscellaneous Information: None