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Cook County has a large internal medicine residency program (approximately 140 residents) and a very busy hospital. In order to manage both patient care and residents effectively, the program is divided into 3 Firms (A, B, C). Residents are assigned to one firm at the beginning of their training and remain with the same firm for all 3 years. This allows the residents and attendings to get to know each other better and provides a structure for most of our teaching to be small group interactive sessions. Inpatient teams on each firm consist of one attending, 2 residents, 2 interns and 1-3 medical students.
Each Firm Consists of:
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| | Firm A | Firm B | Firm C |
| Firm Chief | Chris Smith | Peter Clarke | Krishna Das |
| Associate Firm Chief | Christine Acob | Joy Bressler | Albert Osei |
| Chief Medical Residents | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Residents | 46 | 46 | 46 |
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Firm Based:
- Inpatient wards
- Resident Continuity Clinic
- Cross coverage
- Firm Conference Room
- Social events
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Not Firm Based:
- ICU/CCU rotations
- Subspecialty
- Elective rotations
- Research
- Social events
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