Medical Schools in Illinois

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Teaching Hospitals
Primary teaching hospitals affiliated with this medical school where clinical teaching or training is carried out.
Teaching hospitals	Alexian Brothers Health System, Edward Hines,, Jr. VA Hospital, Loyola University Health System at Gottlieb, Loyola University Hospital, MacNeal Medical Center, Resurrection Medical Center, West Suburban Hospital Medical Center, Westlake Hospital.
Curriculum	Address: 2160 S 1st Ave, Maywood, IL 60153
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school.)
Four-year M.D. program curriculum	Years 1/2 provide instruction in the basic sciences and in developing skills in communicating with patients, taking a history, and performing a physical examination. Years 3/4 include required clerkships (medicine, surgery, family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry) and electives. Clerkships combine inpatient experience with extensive time in the ambulatory setting.

Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine

Teaching Hospitals
Primary teaching hospitals affiliated with this medical school where clinical teaching or training is carried out.
Teaching hospitals	.
Curriculum	Location: 19555 N 59th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85308
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school.)
Four-year M.D. program curriculum	N/A

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Teaching Hospitals
Primary teaching hospitals affiliated with this medical school where clinical teaching or training is carried out.
Teaching hospitals	Children's Memorial Hospital, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Curriculum	Address: 420 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school.)
Four-year M.D. program curriculum	The Feinberg curriculum cultivates leaders who will effect change in their communities and in the profession, and is designed for independent adult learners. There is one integrated basic science course in each of the first 2 years complemented by PBL sessions, labs, and tutorials. Clinical rotations are conducted within a consortium of affiliates, the McGaw Medical Center.

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Chicago Medical School

Teaching Hospitals
Primary teaching hospitals affiliated with this medical school where clinical teaching or training is carried out.
Teaching hospitals	Advocate Christ Hospital, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Aurora Memorial Hospital, Condell Medical Center, Elgin Mental Health Center, John H. Stroger,, Jr. Cook County Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, North Chicago VA Medical Center, Norwalk Hospital, St. Anthony's Hospital.
Curriculum	Address: 3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL 60064
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school.)
Four-year M.D. program curriculum	The CMS competency-based curriculum features a unique interprofessional approach, with interaction among a broad range of health professional students and practitioners. Medical students have early clinical experiences in the state-of-the-art evaluation and education center and students are offered a wide variety of clinical opportunities through the multiple hospital affiliates of CMS.

Rush University Medical College

Teaching Hospitals
Primary teaching hospitals affiliated with this medical school where clinical teaching or training is carried out.
Teaching hospitals	John H. Stroger,, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Rush University Medical Center, Skokie Hospital.
Curriculum	Address: 600 S Paulina St Suite 202, Chicago, IL 60612
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school.)
Four-year M.D. program curriculum	The M1, M2 yrs offer a balanced basic science curriculum, with a preceptorship experience & courses in physical diagnosis and communication skills. Students are paired with primary care physicians in outpatient settings throughout the Chicago area. The M3, M4 years focus on clinical skills, diagnosis and patient management in core specialty areas plus offers extensive elective experiences.

Southern Illinois University Springfield School of Medicine

Teaching Hospitals
Primary teaching hospitals affiliated with this medical school where clinical teaching or training is carried out.
Teaching hospitals	Blessing Hospital, Carbondale Memorial Hospital, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Marion VA Medical Center, Memorial Medical Center, St. John's Hospital.
Curriculum	Address: 801 N Rutledge St, Springfield, IL 62702
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school.)
Four-year M.D. program curriculum	SIU has been recognized for its innovative teaching and testing techniques, including a competency-base curriculum that emphasizes self-directed learning in small group settings. It includes standardized patients, extensive clinical activities and substantial study in medical humanities. Our goal is for SIU graduates to become humanistic and competent physicians who are life-long learners.

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Teaching Hospitals
Primary teaching hospitals affiliated with this medical school where clinical teaching or training is carried out.
Teaching hospitals	NorthShore University HealthSystem, University of Chicago Medical Center.
Curriculum	Address: 924 E 57th St Suite 104, Chicago, IL 60637
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school.)
Four-year M.D. program curriculum	Leveraging our formidable strengths in biomedical research and therapy development, the Chicago curriculum assures that our graduates are prepared for the medicine of today and tomorrow. Close contact with our world-renowned faculty via extensive small group interactions provides the guidance and insights required for successful careers as leading clinicians, researchers and educators.

University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine

Teaching Hospitals
Primary teaching hospitals affiliated with this medical school where clinical teaching or training is carried out.
Teaching hospitals	Advocate Christ Medical Center, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Cook County Hospital, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, H. Douglas Singer Mental Health Clinic, Lutheran General Hospital, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Methodist Medical Center of Illinois , Michael Reese Hospital, Proctor Community Hospital, Provena Covenant Medical Center, Saint Anthony Medical Center, Saint Francis Medical Center, St. Francis Hospital, Swedish American Hospital, University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital , VA Chicago Health Care System/West Side Division.
Curriculum	Address: 1853 W Polk St, Chicago, IL 60612
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school.)
Four-year M.D. program curriculum	To graduate beginning physicians who have mastered the knowledge, acquired the skills, developed the attitudes, and adopted the professional behavior and commitment to lifelong learning necessary to begin the graduate portion of their study of medicine. To enable students to learn the arts and sciences of medicine that are basic to any career path open to the medical profession.

The city's landmark, however, is the Old Water Tower from 1869. You should definitely take a close look at the playful and pretty building.

Chicago is known in music as the capital of jazz, blues and soul. Hip hop was added in more recent times, and not only Kanye West grew up here.

Art lovers should visit the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) and the Art Institute of Chicago. Scientists as well as ethnologists get their money's worth in the Field Museum of Natural History. The John G. Shedd Aquarium is located on the same site, where you can see thousands of fish and dolphins and which is one of the largest covered aquariums on earth. The building of the Museum of Science and Industry dates back to the 1893 World's Fair.

If you are interested in space, you should visit the legendary Adler Planetarium, which was completed in 1930 and still shows impressive historical instruments but also modern laser shows.

If you visit Chicago, you should visit the city's 40 km (!) Long beach on Lake Michigan. It gives the feeling of being in a port city on the Atlantic. Sports enthusiasts in Chicago can watch games from the Chicago Blackhawks (ice hockey), the Chicago Bears (football), the Chicago Cubs (baseball) or the Chicago Bulls (baseball). The Chicago Marathon, which takes place every autumn, is also world-famous from a sporting point of view.

One of the most famous parks in the United States is Grant Park, which is also jokingly called the Chicago front yard. The Millennium Park is also impressive here. Here you should visit the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, a music pavilion, also worth seeing the Crown Fountain and the 110-ton Cloud Gate.

There are also some shopping outlets in the Chicago area, making the city an ideal place to shop. Zoo enthusiasts can also visit the Brookfield Zoo near the metropolis. America's most famous street, Route 66 also starts in Chicago and ends in Santa Monica, California. Anyone who embarks on this adventure will get to know America from its very own side and dimension.

There are also Amish congregations in Illinois, one of which can be found in Arcola where the Amish Interpretive Center provides information about this religious group with German roots.

Hikers, water sports enthusiasts and bird lovers will not be bored in the Cache River wetland. A quiet and cozy place is the old mining town of Galena, where you can also find numerous gastronomic offers. In Metropolis in southern Illinois you can find a 4.5 m high Superman statue and right next to it a figure of Lois Lane.

In the capital, Springfield, in the heart of Illinois, you should visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and museum. You can learn more about the state in the Illinois State Museum. In addition to today's State Capitol, the city is also home to the Old State Capitol and other current government institutions in the state.

The Dana-Thomas-House is also popular, and in August the Illinois State Fair takes place in Springfield, a folk festival and an agricultural fair. There are also some interesting amusement parks in the city such as the Caribbean Water Park and the Knights Action Park that are well worth a detour.