Peoria Standard

Carle Illinois College of Medicine expands clinical reach to Carle BroMenn Medical Center

Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI MED) is expanding its clinical training footprint and its students’ service to patients in central Illinois with a new clinical training site in Bloomington-Normal. Starting in March 2023, the Carle BroMenn Medical Center will host rotations of CI MED students who will provide care for patients in McLean County and the surrounding area.
 
Carle Illinois’ curriculum emphasizes early hands-on clinical experience. CI MED students spend their main clinical year immersed in rotations under the supervision of Carle Health clinicians, currently held at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. The new clinical site allows students the option to complete either a five- and ten-week clinical clerkship at Carle BroMenn in one of five clinical areas: internal medicine, obstetrics, neurology, surgery or psychiatry. While the pediatrics clerkship offering is only at Carle Foundation Hospital, all other clerkships at Carle BroMenn should mirror the training and experience currently offered to CI MED students at Carle Foundation Hospital.
 
Faculty members and clerkship directors are recruited to supervise Carle Illinois students during their rotations in Bloomington-Normal. Carle BroMenn Chief Medical Officer and Clinical Site Director John Wieland, MD, said these seasoned clinicians are excited to partner with Carle Illinois in mentoring this generation of physician innovators. “We are well equipped to focus on developing them as well-trained physicians by exposing them to traditional medical education experiences in their core curriculum,” Dr. Weiland said. Carle BroMenn is a referral site for several smaller hospitals, allowing students to gain valuable experience in an environment that typifies modern health care delivery in the U.S. 

Original source can be found here