Outpatient US Clinical Experience in Internal Medicine in Chicago

Information about this clinical experience:

You will be under the supervision of a board-certified internal medicine physician who is on staff at at Presence St. Francis Hospital, Lutheran General Hospital, and North Shore University Hospital. These are hospitals that have internal medicine residency programs. This preceptor is active in the education of internal medicine residents, particularly those from Presence St. Francis Hospital. Residents from the program spend time in the preceptor's practice. The preceptor has also had students rotating in his office from University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and Tulane University. The doctor is presently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rush Medical College.

An interesting aspect of this preceptor's practice is the use of an AI-powered application to record the physician-patient encounter. Using Natural Language Processing, the app listens to the discussion and extracts medically relevant information. Soon after the encounter is complete, the AI drafts an organized clinical note for the preceptor to review, edit, and sign. The use of this innovative new technology allows physicians to be more engaged duirng the encounter through direct eye contact and appreciation of non-verbal cues. 

During your experience, you will learn the following U.S. medical practices under the preceptor’s supervision:

• Taking patient histories.

• Performing exams under the physician's supervision.

• Presenting patients.

• Navigating the EMR (eClinicalWorks)

• Researching the literature to answer clinical questions at the point of care.

• Educating patients.

• Teaching other team members.