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Summer 2026 is blazing with full force. We are already in BLOCK 3 of the clerkship cycle and our students have been having a valuable time at their clerkship sites thanks to you all!
As you may have noticed, UICOM transitioned to the Acuity One45 system for student assessments and evaluations for the new academic year. This platform will support key components for core clerkships and streamline several processes for faculty and students.
All faculty members who assess students in the clerkships will be provided with a One45 account, which will be associated with your preferred professional email address.
Key Changes
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Assessment forms have space to provide comments that contribute to the MSPE and comments for formative feedback. To ensure students receive detailed feedback in the clerkships, these fields are now mandatory.
- In order to ensure timely submission of grades, we ask that faculty and residents turn in assessment forms no later than two weeks after they finish their time with the student they are evaluating.
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Faculty evaluations from students will now be available in One45. The specific process for releasing faculty evaluations to you will be forthcoming.
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Resources for help with One45
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- Please view this brief video about accessing Acuity One45 and submitting assessment forms.
- If you have trouble please contact us and we can help troubleshoot or send you paper forms.
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We appreciate your engagement and flexibility as we implement this new system, which is intended to enhance the efficiency, consistency, and quality of our clinical education processes.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions.
With gratitude,
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| Aarohi Munshi, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Family Medicine Clerkship Director, Department of Family and Community Medicine
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| | Thomas Webb, MD, Teaching Assistant Professor, Director of Doctoring and Clinical Skills Course, Family Medicine Assistant Clerkship Director, Department of Family and Community Medicine
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The Students Engaged in Responsive Volunteer Efforts (S.E.R.V.E.) student interest group partnered with the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford Family Medicine Residency Program residents to offer blood pressure checks for Rockford City Market attendees on Friday, May 22, 2026. They also provided handouts that describe what the blood pressure numbers mean.
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Community Engagement and Student Outreach make learning meaningful |
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This spring, students from the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford engaged in a range of community-based learning and service activities. These included:
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- Health outreach initiatives at Rockford City Market
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The National Senior Health and Fitness Day at the YMCA in Rockford
- Community health screenings at the African American Resource Center at Booker Senior Expo
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Students also conducted outreach at local schools, gaining valuable experience in health promotion, community partnership development and service-centered care.
We extend our gratitude to our community partners and preceptors, who help make these meaningful learning experiences possible. We also welcome any feedback to enhance our learners' experiences and their ability to learn from you.
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Street medicine provides training for family medicine residents |
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The Family Medicine Residency Program at UICOMR was awarded a five-year Health Resources and Services Administration-funded grant designed to enhance the training of family medicine residents in a Street Medicine Project. The overall goal of this program is to train our residents to provide interprofessional, patient-centered, empathetic care to homeless individuals in Chicago, Rockford, and rural sites by enhancing our residency training through didactics and clinical experiences in street medicine, including medical and mental healthcare for the homeless, social determinants of health, and substance use disorders.
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| The Family Medicine Residency Program started clinical rotations for the new Street Medicine Training Program in Spring 2026.
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Funding was awarded in September 2025, the Rockford Medical Student Interest Group began distributing resources and conducting outreach in November 2025, and residents began conducting street outreach and care in January 2026.
As of July 2026, seven residents have participated in the street medicine elective. Along with faculty and medical students, residents have had 175 patient encounters. So far, the program works with two shelters in Rockford and one in Freeport, as well as through street runs in which the team of physicians and medical students travels to areas where people experiencing homelessness gather, including encampments, to provide resources and medical care.
We continue to build on collaborations and partnerships and to expand our services in both quality and geography.
Look out for details on a fall seminar that brings community partners and practitioners together for networking and collaboration. Date and location are still to be determined.
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If you're a new preceptor—or know a physician who’s interested in getting involved with medical student education—please explore the helpful links below to get started and stay supported in your teaching journey.
Reference Links
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1601 Parkview Ave. | Rockford, IL 61107 US
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