Prime Midwest GME Consortium-Resurrection Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Resurrection Emergency Medicine is a community-based, PGY 1-3 program in Chicago built around multi-site clinical training rather than a single flagship academic center, with residents rotating across Resurrection Medical Center, St. Francis (a Level 1 trauma center with minimal competing residents), Mt. Sinai, Cook County, Lutheran General, St. Mary's, and Comer Children's. The defining structural feature is early, ungraded responsibility - residents assume full ownership of trauma and critical care cases from day one rather than progressing through a traditional graded-autonomy model - supported by a combined ED census exceeding 100,000 encounters with high acuity. An ultrasound fellowship exists on-site and dedicated ultrasound/EMS and toxicology rotations round out the curriculum, but the program's stated identity centers on procedural volume, hands-on autonomy, and exposure to varied community and safety-net hospital environments rather than research output. The program values residents who can adapt across differing hospital cultures and systems and who thrive with immediate clinical responsibility.