SPECIALTY PATHWAYS

(2008-2009)

Family and Community Medicine

4 Weeks ICE

Choose One from the Following:

[  ] Family Medicine Sub-I/Springfield (15093)

[  ] Family Medicine Sub-I/Carbondale (15103)

[  ] Family Medicine Sub-I/Decatur (15033)

[  ] Family Medicine Sub-I/Quincy (15133)

[  ] Pediatrics Sub-I (60093)

[  ] IM - Medicine Sub-I (45153)

[  ] Clinical Hospital Obstetrics Sub-I (50013)

4 Weeks Basic Science Elective(s)

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] Radiology (any)

[  ] Medical Humanities (any)

[  ] Primary Care Mus/Skel Skills (15413)

[  ] Clinical Pathology (55103)

[  ] Nutrition in Pediatric Care (60123)

[  ] Nutrition and Fluid Deficits in Aging Adults (45283)
[  ] Any other Basic Science Elective

4 Weeks Selectives

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 wks):

[  ] Nephrology (45113)

[  ] Clinical Electrocardiography (45033)

[  ] Dermatology (45223)
[  ] IM - Emergency Medicine/Springfield (45063)

[  ] IM - Intensive Care/Springfield (45193)

[  ] IM - Medicine-Psychiatry (45213)

Additional Suggestions:

2-3 “Hard core medicine” special interests:

• Rheumatology (45043)

• GI (45093)

• Cardiology

• Pulmonary (45123)

• Fam Med Geriatrics Precep/Spfld (15243)

• ID (45083)

• Ambulatory peds (60023)

• Neonatalogy (60063)

2-3 “Student driven” special interests:

• Patient Education (15083)

• Issues in Women’ s Health Care (15293)

• Community Health Services And Resources (15143)

• Women’ s Nutrition and Health (50023)

• Medical Students as Teachers (strongly encouraged if interest in academics) (30434/30433)

• Academic Peer Tutoring (30144)

Internal Medicine

Some things to think about when deciding whether or not to choose the Internal Medicine Pathway:

A few years ago the Year Four Curriculum Committee surveyed internal medicine residency program directors and asked them what they looked for in prospective candidates. They uniformly stated that they were most interested in candidates with a broad background, that candidates did not need to spend significant time in internal medicine rotations.

A review of our own faculty was split. Some felt that students should spend most of their time in internal medicine to prepare for this career. Others felt that the fourth year was a time to broaden your horizons and recommended not taking many courses in internal medicine.

It is doubtful that doing an Internal Medicine Pathway will help or harm your application to an internal medicine residency program. Thus, the most important steps to take in deciding whether or not to pursue the Internal Medicine Pathway are to take stock of yourself (your strengths and weaknesses, your interests) and to talk with your Elective Advisor.

4 Weeks ICE

Choose One from the Following:

[  ] Emergency Medicine/Springfield (45063)
[  ] Intensive Care/Springfield (45193)
[  ] Experience in Medicine-Psychiatry   (45213)

[  ] Medicine Subinternship/Springfield (45153)

[  ] Nephrology (45113)

4 Weeks Basic Science Elective(s)

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4  Wks):

[  ] Patient Safety (45353)

[  ] Nutrition and Fluid Deficits (45283)

[  ] Infectious Disease Research (49033)

[  ] Statistics (30014)

[  ] Any other Basic Science Elective

4 Weeks Selectives

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] Medicine Sub-I (45153)

[  ] Intensive Care/Springfield (45193)

[  ] Any other Internal Medicine elective

Obstetrics and Gynecology

4 Weeks ICE

Choose One from the Following:

[  ] OB/GYN Subinternship (50013)

[  ] General Surgery Externship (80033)

[  ] Emergency Medicine/Springfield (45063)

[  ] FP Sub-I (15103, 15033, 15133, 15093)

[  ] Intensive Care (45193)

[  ] Internal Medicine Sub-I (45153)

[  ] Pediatric Sub-I (60093)

4 Weeks Basic Science Elective(s)

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] Reprod Immunology (40171, 40172)

[  ] Review in Path Microbio (40021)

[  ] Clinical Pathology (55103)

[  ] Surgical & Autopsy Pathology (55013, 55073)

[  ] Introduction to Hematopathology and Clinical Pathology (55033)

[  ] Advanced Therapeutics (65154)

[  ] Nutritional & Fluid Deficits-Aging Adults (45283)

4 Weeks Selectives

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] *Surgical Residency Readiness (80023)

[  ] Any Medical Humanities Elective

[  ] Clinical Electrocardiography (45033)

[  ] Neonatology (60063)

[  ] Plastic Surgery (80093)

[  ] Urology (80113)

[  ] Dermatology (45223)

[  ] Intro to Cutaneous Medicine (Y3 Only: 45343)

[  ] Emergency Medicine/Springfield (45063)

[  ] Emergency Medicine — Year Three (45333)

[  ] Infectious Disease (45083)

[  ] Clinical Anesthesia (10013)

[  ] Clinical Genetics (60133)

*Preferred

PATHOLOGY SPECIALTY PATHWAY

4 Weeks ICE

Choose One from the Following:

[   ] General Surgery Externship (80033)

[   ] Family Medicine Subinternship (15103, 15033, 15133, 15093)

[   ] Internal Medicine Subinternship/Springfield (45153)

[   ] Nephrology (45113)

[   ] Pediatric Subinternship (60093)

4 Weeks Basic Science Elective(s)

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[   ] *Clinical Pathology (55103)

[   ] *Surgical and Autopsy Pathology (55013, 55073)

[   ] Introduction to Hematology & Clinical Pathology (55033)

[   ] General Radiology at Memorial Medical Center & St. John’s Hospital (75023)

4 Weeks Selectives

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[   ] Preceptorship in Obstetrics/Gynecology (50053)

[   ] Dermatology (45223)

[   ] Introduction to Cutaneous Medicine (45343)

[   ] Gastroenterology (45093)

[   ] Hematology/Oncology (45233)

[   ] Infectious Disease (45083)

[   ] Urology (80113)

[   ] Clinical Genetics (60133)

*Preferred

Pediatric

4 Weeks ICE

Choose One from the Following:

[  ] Neonatology (60063)
[  ] Pediatric Critical Care (60153)
[  ] Pediatric Subinternship (60093)

4 Weeks Basic Science Elective(s)

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] 4 weeks of any Basic Science Elective listed

4 Weeks Selectives

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

Any Pediatrics elective in the catalog

Any extramural pediatrics elective

(From SIU catalog)

(Family & Community Medicine)

[  ] Community Health Services and Resources (15143)

[  ] Community Pharmcl Assist Program (15123)

[  ] Evidence Based Medicine (15433)

[  ] Sports Medicine (15253)

(Internal Medicine)

[  ] Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (45015)

[  ] Advanced Electrocardiography (45133)

[  ] Clinical Electrocardiography (45033)

[  ] Dermatology (45223)

[  ] Emergency Medicine/Springfield (45063)

[  ] Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism (45011)

[  ] Gastroenterology (45093)

[  ] Infectious Disease (45083)

[  ] Intensive Care/Springfield (45193)

[  ] Medicine Subinternship/Springfield (45153)

[  ] Nephrology (45113)

[  ] Patient Safety: Clinical Skills & Quality Care (45353)

[  ] Rheumatology (45043)

(Psychiatry)

[  ] Mental Illness & Developmentally Disabled (70103)

(Radiology)

[  ] General Radiology at MMC/SJH (75023)

[  ] Selective in Radiology (w/pediatric focus) (75033)

(Surgery)

[  ] Orthopedics for the Family Physician (80014)

[  ] Otolaryngology for Primary Care Physicians (80213)

[  ] Pediatric General Surgery (80433)

[  ] Trauma Surgery (80073)

Population Health and Preventive Medicine

General guidelines:

Public health, preventive medicine and the related fields of epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy, health behavior/health education and environmental health are disciplines which are relevant to every medical specialty.  Preventive Medicine is a discrete medical specialty which includes subspecialties of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational and Environmental medicine, and Toxicology.  This pathway is designed for two specific kinds of students:

1. Those who want to enter Preventive Medicine or one of the related subspecialties.

2. Those who want to take the concepts from the disciplines listed above and apply them to any other specialty they might choose.

This pathway is designed with maximal flexibility and should be applicable as a “companion” pathway with most other specialties.

4 Weeks ICE

Choose One from the Following:

[  ] Family Medicine Sub-I/Springfield (15093)

[  ] Family Medicine Sub-I/Carbondale (15103)

[  ] Family Medicine Sub-I/Decatur (15033)

[  ] Family Medicine Sub-I/Quincy (15133)

[  ] Inpatient Psychiatry Sub-I (70013)

[  ] Intensive Clinical Exp in Med-Psych (70213)

[  ] General Surgery Externship (80033)

[  ] Pediatrics Sub-I (60093)

[  ] IM - Medicine Sub-I (45153)

[  ] Clinical Hospital Obstetrics Sub-I (50013)

4 Weeks Basic Science Elective(s)

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] Clinical Epidemiology (15453)

[  ] Research in Clinical Epidemiology (49103)

[  ] Statistics in Medical Research (30014)

[  ] Patient Safety:  Clinical Skills & Quality Care (45353)

[  ] Vaccination:  Clinical Skills & Legal/Policy Issues (35303)

[  ] Bioterrorism and WMD Preparedness (40041)

4 Weeks Selectives

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 wks):

[  ] Health Policy & the Media (35284)

[  ] Malpractice Politics, Policy & Law (35313)

[  ] Managed Care:  Policy Issues at the State and National Levels (35173)
[  ] Patient Safety:  Policies and Profiles (35273)

[  ] Public & Population Health:  Clinical & Policy Issues (35403)

[  ] Community Health Services and Resources (15143)

[  ] Community Pharmaceutical Assistance Program (15123)

[  ] Evidence-Based Medicine (15433)

[  ] Issues in Minority Health Care (15303)

[  ] Patient Education (15083)

[  ] “Ripped from Today’ s Headlines:”  Health Literacy in Practice (25224)

[  ] International Health and Tropical Medicine (45173)

[  ] Minority Health Care (45183)

[  ] Breastfeeding (50163)

Any Basic Science Elective listed above

Additional Suggestions:

Any electives (individually designed or pre-planned) which require design and implementation of a research project.

Psychiatry

4 Weeks ICE

Choose One from the Following:

[  ] Inpatient Psychiatry Sub-I (70013)

[  ] Intensive Clinical Exp in Medicine-Psychiatry (70213)

4 Weeks Basic Science Elective(s)

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] Neurobiology and Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders (70333)

[  ] Neurobiological Basis of Psychotherapy (70324)
[  ] Neuropathology Research (73061)

[  ] Neuropsychopharmacology (70343)

[  ] Psychiatry and Ethics (70173)

4 Weeks Selectives

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] Selective in Neurology (85013)

[  ] Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (45011)

[  ] Mental Illness-Developmentally Disabled (70103)

[  ] Outpatient Psychiatry Subinternship (70053)

General Surgery

4 Weeks ICE

Choose One from the Following:

[  ] General Surgery Externship (80033)

4 Weeks Basic Science Elective(s)

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] Surgical & Autopsy Pathology (55013, 55073)

[  ] General Radiology at Memorial Medical Center & St. John's Hospital (75023)

4 Weeks Selectives

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] Surgical Resident Readiness (80023)

[  ] Trauma Surgery (80073)

[  ] Urology (80113)

[  ] Pediatric General Surgery (80433)

[  ] Cardiothoracic Surgery (80313)

Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery

Specialty Pathway

Surgery

4 Weeks ICE

Choose One from the Following:

[  ] General Surgery Externship (80033)

4 Weeks Basic Science Elective(s)

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] Anatomy and Physiology of Sensory Systems (65011)

[  ] Neuroradiology at MMC (75123) 

 OR

[  ] Neuroradiology at SJH (75113)
[  ] Surgical & Autopsy Pathology (55013, 55073)

[  ] Patient Safety:  Policies And Profiles (35273)

[  ] Knowing Your Patient As A Person (35243)

[  ] Cultural Competence In A Clinical Setting (35163)

4 Weeks Selectives

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ]*Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery (80223)

[  ]*Extramural ENT Elective

[  ] Clinical Anesthesia (10013)

[  ] Pediatric Infectious Disease (60033)

[  ] Surgical Residency Readiness (80023)

*Preferred

Orthopedics

Specialty Pathway

Surgery

4 Weeks ICE

Choose One from the Following:

[  ] General Surgery Externship (80033)

4 Weeks Basic Science Elective(s)

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ] Any elective from BSE List

4 Weeks Selectives

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ]*Extramural Orthopaedic Elective

[  ]*Surgical Residency Readiness (80023)

[  ]*Adult Orthopaedics (80203)
 

*Preferred

Plastic Surgery

Specialty Pathway

Surgery

4 Weeks ICE

Choose One from the Following:

[  ] General Surgery Externship (80033)

4 Weeks Basic Science Elective(s)

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ]*Intro to Microvascular Surgery (80083)

[  ] Selective in Radiology (75033)
[  ] Surgical & Autopsy Pathology (55013, 55073)

[  ] Getting into Print:  The Physician as Writer (35133)

4 Weeks Selectives

Choose from the Following (Total must = 4 Wks):

[  ]*Basic Plastic Surgery (80093)

[  ]*Extramural Plastic Surgery Elective

[  ]*Surgical Residency Readiness (80023)

[  ] Burn Care (80153)

[  ] Plastic Surgery/Basic Hand Anatomy (80103)

*Preferred