Scheduling M4 Electives
Advocate Health Care policy only permits rotations for students who attend medical schools with Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) accreditation.
Advocate Health Care does not provide opportunities for visitors as medical observers in its hospitals, clinics or physician offices.
Elective rotations do not require an affiliation agreement.
For students of affiliated schools (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago Medical School, Midwestern University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Des Moines University) the elective schedule will open March 1 at 7:00 a.m. CT for the upcoming academic year.
For students of non-affiliated schools (must be LCME or AOA accredited), the elective schedule will open March 15 at 7:00 a.m. CT for the upcoming academic year.
Please email your request to Tammi Bauske at Tammi.Bauske@aah.org and include all of the following information:
- Name, school name, M4 status, email address, and phone number
- Confirmation your school is LCME or AOA accredited
- The policy of Advocate Health Care allows required or elective rotations only for those students who are from schools with the following accreditations:
- MD students must be enrolled in a school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)
- DO students must be enrolled in a school accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
- The policy of Advocate Health Care allows required or elective rotations only for those students who are from schools with the following accreditations:
- Field of medicine/residency you expect to enter upon graduation
- Preferred Pediatrics sub-specialty rotation (Cardiology, Developmental Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Hematology-Oncology, Infectious Disease, NICU, PICU, Pulmonology). Please list in order of preference.
- Preferred date of rotation - (please note: all rotations are 4 weeks, no exceptions.) Please list in order of preference.
Students may schedule up to two rotations, subject to availability. The first rotation can be scheduled for months June – December, the second rotation can be scheduled for January - May. Please contact Tammi Bauske at Tammi.Bauske@aah.org for further information.
You will receive an email confirmation once you are scheduled.
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