Ascension Saint Mary - Chicago

Our top 10 list of reasons to do your family medicine residency at Ascension Saint Mary - Chicago:

1. Diverse, underserved community: Our program cares for a culturally diverse, underserved population in an urban-based community setting.

2. Unopposed family medicine training at a large community hospital. Receive personal attention from the faculty while  serving patients in the heart of Chicago. Residents are supervised commensurate with their level of training, but at the same time are viewed as their patients’ primary physician, leading management of their care.

3. Access to virtually any desired family medicine training experience: Residents can train in a broad range of services thanks to the size of the medical center, the absence of other medical residencies and the strengths of our two continuity practices.

4. Nearly 70 combined years of family medicine residency training program experience: Our predecessor programs have successfully trained family medicine residents since the early days of the discipline.

5. Strong obstetrics training experience: The family medicine team serves as the only residents on the 700-delivery-per-year inpatient unit, and the supportive Obstetrics/Gynecology faculty and strong didactic program add up to excellent obstetrical training.

6. Innovative Night Float system: All inpatient services, including internal medicine, critical care, obstetrics and pediatrics/neonatology, include a balanced, livable night float rotation system. No resident at any level ever takes 24-hour call at Ascension Saint Mary - Chicago.

7. Resident-driven program change and improvement: Resident involvement and leadership are at the core of the family medicine program, with a culture of participating in management of day-to-day clinical operations, dialogue with hospital leadership and workgroup involvement.

8. Warm, engaging and available faculty: Our structured advisor-advisee program encourages professional development with informal interaction between residents and faculty on a daily basis. Additionally, two family medicine attendings are always on call, available and happy to advise in management of the inpatient services.

9. Residency curriculum that exceeds Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements: Our three-year curriculum in internal medicine, critical care, obstetrics, and ambulatory community medicine, substantially exceeds requirements. Other areas such as emergency medicine, pediatrics, and geriatrics have been significantly enhanced.

10. Outstanding real-life preparation for a successful future in family medicine. Our program provides substantial inpatient volumes in medicine, critical care, obstetrics and pediatrics/neonatology of medically complex patients, allowing residents to feel prepared to take on any challenge upon graduating. We also provide an integrated didactic curriculum.