About our program for physician assistant students

Advocate Health Care is affiliated with four (4) Chicago area universities/physician assistant programs for hospital rotations:

• Malcolm X College (Trinity Hospital)
• Midwestern University, College of Health Sciences
• Northwestern University (Good Shepherd Hospital)
• Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, College of Health Professions

Only physician assistant students from the above listed universities/programs may do rotations at Advocate hospitals.

The Advocate hospitals offering physician assistant (PA) student rotations are: Advocate Christ Medical Center, Advocate Condell Medical Center, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Advocate South Suburban Hospital and Advocate Trinity Hospital. All rotations scheduled at these sites must be supervised by an attending physician with the appropriate credentials and medical staff privileges at the rotating hospital.

All physician preceptors must complete the "Supervising Physician Agreement" which must be signed and on file in the appropriate hospital or site administrative office prior to the rotation start date. The site coordinator will be responsible for the completion of this form.

Policies

The following policies are relevant to physician assistant student placement. Please read before applying for a rotation.

• Policy on observers [PDF]

Scheduling a rotation

• Students from affiliated physician assistant programs
  All rotations are scheduled through the university/program.
• Students from non-affiliated physician assistant programs
  Rotations for non-affiliated physician assistant students are not offered at this time.