LIC Info: FLIIC

Community Medicine

FLIIC offers students the unique opportunity to train in a community hospital setting, while still seeing a diverse patient population and extremely broad scope of pathology typically found in larger academic centers. The Ridges ER is the fifth busiest emergency department by volume in the state of Minnesota, and with few trainees around students get the sort of hands-on experiences and longitudinal interpersonal relationships often reserved for smaller hospital/clinic sites.

Leadership

FLIIC encourages students to explore personal aspects of leadership - this does not mean grooming the next CMO (though it can!) but our students are asked to consider what they bring to the table when interacting with others. Every Thursday, FLIIC medical students are joined by students from several other health professional schools (Physical Therapy, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Pharmacy, Masters in Health Administration, Masters in Public Health, etc) to explore the personal aspects of leadership as they impact the clinical experience. The curriculum is facilitated by Tom Gilliam, RN, former Chief of Staff of the Medical School and the co-founder of several leadership programs for resident and attending staff physicians. Students have direct exposure to leaders Links to an external site. in the healthcare field.

Interdisciplinary Care

Much of the care of a patient occurs outside the walls of our hospitals and clinics and is delivered by a team greater than just physicians. FLIICs Leadership Seminar offers the opportunity to learn more about other teams involved in patient care and their journey to their role. In clinical practice, FLIIC offers the opportunity to learn directly from other disciplines. In the past we’ve had students learn how to apply/wear continuous glucose monitors with Diabetic Educators, observe the process of mammography/dexa, and even follow a child with developmental delay as they work with Speech, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy. This time is valuable in several ways including understanding what other teams do and how they get there, ability to counsel patients about what comes next when you put in a referral, and expanded knowledge from experts- for example, Diabetes Educators know more about treating diabetes with nutrition than a physician will.

Clerkships Completed

Clerkships

FLIIC starts slightly later than other longitudinal integrated clerkships, aligning with other health profession schools, and covers components of both the clinical immersion phase and specialty specific clerkships. Students complete select block clerkships in the traditional model before entering FLIIC and are considered advanced immersive students upon starting

The educational schedule is intentionally designed with a great deal of flexibility to help promote independent learning and the ability to follow patients across the system. Because FLIIC is a smaller program, students have the ability to tailor the experience to their individual learning objectives. We depend on our students for ongoing quality improvement projects and development of new clinical experiences.

• In all clerkships students work directly with attending preceptors. This allows students to be first in line for procedures and for students to see patients who advance their educational goals.
• Clerkship scheduling and timing is thoughtfully approached so that a critical mass of knowledge builds and allows students to thrive. 
• Some clerkships benefit from immediate continuity such as Internal Medicine and General Surgery. These clerkships are scheduled as one week bursts so that students can follow the same patients throughout the week.
• Other clerkships are threaded throughout the year so that students can see the evolution of care. For example, students are assigned to primary preceptors in OB/Gyn and primary care and work with them over the course of the year, allowing entrustable relationships to develop over time. 
• Emergency Medicine is placed in the middle of the year, once students have a good foundation of medical and institutional knowledge. Students complete 2, two-week bursts of emergency medicine in one of the top five busiest emergency departments in the state. Students see a high volume of patients and perform a variety of procedures with an appropriate level of supervision.
• In the later third of the program, FLIIC students work with the co-directors to create their own career discernment elective. In the past students have spent time advancing skills in PM&R/Neurology/Sports Medicine/Rehab, explored advanced surgical subspecialties, and worked with a potpourri of medical subspecialties. 

Required Clerkship Credits Completed Outside of FLIIC

FLIIC is a biphasic program, covering clinical immersion and specialty specific clerkships. We start slightly later in the year in order to align with the calendars of other health professions schools. The majority of other required clerkships are expected to be completed prior to starting FLIIC. As an advanced LIC we incorporate clerkships such as Emergency Medicine, the outpatient immersive experience, and our FLIIC Elective Plus (an opportunity to design your own career discernment elective). As unopposed learners the sky's the limit for learning and our goal is that you leave FLIIC acting more as a later 4th year student.

• Prerequisites
• Family Medicine (required)
• Pediatrics (required)
• Neurology (strongly recommended)
• Psychiatry (strongly recommended)

We look forward to learning about your journey and how FLIIC may be a good fit for you. Please note that while Leadership is emphasized in our LIC it is the personal aspect of leadership that is highlighted. No formal leadership roles or goals are required to show interest- we all can grow in this area. 

Please fill out your application electronically. To apply, go to the Home page and click on the "Apply Here" tab near the bottom of the page.

FLIIC Leadership

Kendahl Moser-Bleil, MD FLIIC Co-Director moser093@umn.edu	Matthew Foehrenbacher, MD FLIIC Co-Director mfoehre1@fairview.org	Tom Gilliam, RN, MBA Leadership Curriculum Lead gilli032@umn.edu

FLIIC Alumni

Our alumni are the best resource about our program and are happy to connect with any prospective students. Please contact our coordinator at fliiccoord@umn.edu if you would like alumni contact information.

FLIIC Class of 2021-2022

• Krystina Kalland, MD – Obstetrics and Gynecology – University of Nebraska Medical Center – Omaha, Nebraska
• Lauren Penz, MD – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – Mayo Clinic – Rochester, Minnesota
• Chris Seaver, MD – Orthopedic Surgery – Albany Medical Center – Albany, New York

FLIIC Class of 2022-2023

• Madeleine Berg, MD – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – Mayo Clinic – Rochester, Minnesota
• Olivia Gray, MD – Psychiatry – University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics – Des Moines, Iowa
• Jacob Smith, MD – Family Medicine – Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center – Spokane, Washington
• Nick Tomhave, MD – Anesthesiology – University of Illinois College of Medicine – Peoria, Illinois

FLIIC Class of 2023-2024

• Sara Busche, MD – Internal Medicine – Allina Hospitals and Clinics – Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Martha DeMeules, MD – Internal Medicine – University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Maddie Larkin, MD – OB/Gyn – Swedish Medical Center – Seattle, Washington
• Anna Van Deelen, MD – Emergency Medicine – HCMC – Minneapolis, Minnesota