Welcome Residents and Fellows
We hope you'll find this new format makes it easy to navigate and find the resources you need. The first step is to login by clicking the bottom button in the left-hand panel. Once you log in, you will find the courses in which you have been enrolled listed in the "Courses" section. Your personal progress report will be found in the "Resident Tools" section.
You can logon to the UIC GME Core Curriculum anytime that's convenient for you from any computer with Internet access and a web browser. We hope you'll find completing each of the fifteen course modules to be thought provoking and enjoyable. You'll have the opportunity to engage in lively discussion with your peers and to explore topics that will have a day to day impact on you career in medicine. Best of all, you can do all of this from your home or your clinical assignment at any time even if it's 4:00 in the morning or 11:30 at night.
As always, if you have questions please contact the GME Core Curriculum support staff by calling 877-363-6656 or sending email to "help@gme-core.org".
GME 108 Managing a Successful Medical Practice
One of our newer modules, Managing a Successful Medical Practice, focuses on the business side of medical practice.. As you complete your medical residency program, you will more than likely be interested in learning more about this topic. In the complex and ever changing health care environment in which you begin practicing, you need to be alert to the forces impacting the choices you will make. This module aims to provide you with a brief introduction to the business aspects of managing a successful medical practice. Keep in mind that health care is a volatile field in which change is the only constant. What we have tried to do in this module is paint with a broad stroke that will show you the big picture and give you a framework from which to investigate further the details of any specific practice setting and operation.
The ACGME General Competencies addressed in this module are as follows:
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Interpersonal Skills and Communication
- Work effectively with others as a member of the health care team
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Professionalism
- Demonstrate a committment to ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of clinical care, confidentiality of patient information, informed consent, and business practice
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Systems-Based Practice
- Know how types of medical practice and delivery systems differ from one another, including methods of controlling health care costs and allocating resources.
- Advocate for quality patient care and assist patients in dealing with system complexities.
This module exemplifies the richness the Core Curriculum program has found from working with faculty from participating institutions and private practice. The course development team for GME 108 includes representatives from the UIC College of Medicine, Rush University, and HuTech Resources, LLC a private health care management consulting firm. The course development team hopes you will find this newest module to be of real practical value as you contemplate the transition from the academic environment to the business of health care delivery.
Visitors Welcome
Are you visiting from another hospital or college of medicine? Would you like to know more about the UIC GME Core Curriculum? Contact Jerry Stapleton at 312-355-3716 or send an email to gstapltn@uic.edu and we will arrange guest access so you can tour one of our courses and participate in the visitor's conference. Thanks for visiting and welcome to the core.
Letter from the Department Head
Read the welcome message from our Department Head, Dr. Leslie J Sandlow.
Support Staff is Eager to Help
Have a question about logging on to your UIC GME Core course? Want to find out how to turn on "cookies" in your browser? Forgot your password? If you have a question related to your participation in program modules, your GME Core Curriculum support staff is waiting to hear from you. Just send us an email at "help@gme-core.org" or call us toll free at 1-877-DME-ONLN (1-877-363-6656).
