University of Illinois College of Medicine

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The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine offers a four-year program leading to the MD degree at four different sites in Illinois: Chicago, Peoria, Rockford, and Urbana. Each site offers a comparable educational experience complemented by the respective site’s unique features. The Chicago campus of the College of Medicine is the administrative home for the dean and all other college-wide officers, as well as serving as the Chicago program site. Located on the near west side in one of the world’s largest medical center districts, it is part of the UIC health science campus that includes the colleges of Applied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, and the School of Public Health. The other three regional medical education program sites are located in Peoria, Rockford and Urbana.

Approximately 300 students graduate with the MD degree each year through the UIC system.

The College of Medicine has a total faculty in all sites of approximately 4,000, counting regular faculty and affiliates. The surrounding health science center, of which University of Illinois College of Medicine is a part, also comprises the University of Illinois Medical Center, the College of Nursing, the College of Pharmacy, the College of Dentistry, and the College of Public Health and Applied Health Sciences.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 History 2 Curriculum 3 Notable alumni 4 Notable faculty 5 References 6 College of Medicine links

[edit] History

The College of Medicine, originally an independent institution, opened on September 26, 1882 as the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago (P&S)^[1] with 100 students and a faculty of 30. Five years later, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois approved a contract of affiliation whereby the university would lease P&S as its Department of Medicine. The arrangement continued until 1912 when there was a nine-month hiatus in the affiliation due to a lack of legislative support. It was only after the faculty and alumni of P&S bought up all shares of the school’s stock and presented them to the Board of Trustees as a gift that the school officially became the College of Medicine of the University of Illinois in March 1913.^[2]

[edit] Curriculum

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The goal of the COM curriculum is to graduate physicians who:

• are well grounded in basic and clinical sciences
• competent as beginning general physicians
• are capable of entering residency training in either generalist or focused specialties of medical science and
• possess the skills that will enable them to utilize the concepts and knowledge that will be discovered throughout their medical careers.

The College of Medicine offers two large, physician-scientist training programs: 1) the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) in Chicago, which has earned competitive NIH funding, and 2) the Medical Scholars Program (MSP) in Urbana-Champaign.

There are multiple clinical training sites for all clerkships at each of the program sites.  While capitalizing on the differing strengths and resources of each site gives rise to some differences in how the active learning methods are integrated into the curriculum, all sites systematically provide opportunities for active learning. 

[edit] Notable alumni

Hirsch, Charles,'58 MD, New York City Chief Medical Examiner.^[3]
Jonasson, Olga, '58 MD, Professor of Surgery, UIC
Mason, Terry, '78 MD, Physician and Director Chicago Board of Health
Richmond, Julius, '39 MD, Physician and Founder of Head Start, Former US Surgeon General

[edit] Notable faculty

• Paul Lauterbur, Professor, 1985-1990 (Chicago), 1985-2007 (Urbana-Champaign), was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003

[edit] References

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[edit] College of Medicine links

• The University of Illinois College of Medicine website
  • Chicago campus website
  • Peoria campus website
  • Rockford campus website
  • Urbana campus website

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