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The Department of Medical Humanities
Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine
PO Box 19603
913 N. Rutledge
Springfield IL
62794-9603


TEL: 217.545.4261
FAX: 217.545.7903

Contact:
lcleverdon@siumed.edu
for further information.

Updated
May 30, 2006

MEDICAL HUMANITIES IN YEAR 2

Throughout the second year of SIU's medical school curricula, faculty in the Department of Medical Humanities serve as a resource for Physician Attitudes and Conduct (PAC) curriculum. PAC humanities seminars and small group discussions center around legal, ethical, and policy issues. The Population Health curriculum offered to students during Year 2 provides an introduction to the core disciplines they will later utilize to coordinate clinical medicine with public health.

Medical Humanities Resource Sessions

Doctoring (PAC):

  • Adolescence -- Legal and Ethical Issues
  • Patient Safety -- Legal and Policy Issues

Population Health:

  • Introduction to Population Health
  • Immunization and Disease Prevention
  • Outbreak Investigation

Endocrine, Reproductive, and Gastrointestinal Unit:

  • Tutor