Curriculum
The SIU Family Medicine Residency Program-Carbondale offers its residents an unopposed residency staffed by full-time medical faculty in an up-to-date community hospital. Our graduates are well trained to practice anywhere, although our particular mission is to prepare our residents for smaller communities. There they may be asked to provide total obstetrical care, to resuscitate newborns, to assist at general surgery, and to manage in a humane and competent manner a range of family medicine problems.
The SIU Family Medicine Residency Program-Carbondale, administered by Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, is associated with Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, a secondary-level community hospital serving Carbondale and the surrounding population. Some tertiary care is also provided here since the nearest university hospitals are in St. Louis, Missouri (100 miles away), and in Springfield, Illinois (180 miles away).
Graduate physicians entering the SIU Family Medicine Residency Program-Carbondale since its inception in 1974 have come from medical schools throughout the United States and abroad. Residents completing the program have entered a variety of practices, including solo and group practices, missionary work, and faculty positions at residency programs. The local region has a strong demand for family physicians; many residents have remained in Southern Illinois.
Program Curriculum
Required rotations for all residents are distributed throughout the three-year program. All residents who are not ACLS certified are required to complete this course within the first six months. Residents have weekly office hours in one or more of the family medicine centers and provide continuity of care to an assigned number of families. Residents also provide periodic teaching of physical exam skills to medical students. Second-year residents are also assigned to geriatric training that consists of following several nursing home patients monthly.
Educational Conferences
Below are the educational conferences that are provided throughout the year.
Weekly | Monthly | Quarterly | Yearly |
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Didactic (1/2 day)
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Sports Medicine Topics |
Ethics Training |
Resident Meetings | EMR Training | Sleep Deprivation | |
Core Presentations | Practice Management | Resident Fatigue and Patient Safety | |
Nursing Home Rounds | Geriatric Topics | ||
Family Medicine Board Review | |||
OMT Workshop |
First Year
Family Medicine Clinic 2 half days per week |
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Family Medicine Orientation | 1 block |
Family Medicine Service (Inpatient) | 4 blocks |
Night Float | 2 blocks |
Obstetrics | 2 blocks |
General Surgery | 1 block |
Community Medicine/Psychology | 1 block |
Emergency Department | 1 block |
Peds (Inpatient) | 1 block |
Second Year
Family Medicine Clinic 3 half days per week |
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Family Medicine Service (Inpatient) | 3 blocks |
Pediatrics (Outpatient) | 1 block |
Pediatrics (Inpatient) | 1 block |
Sports Medicine/Orthopedics | 1 block |
Surgery/Ophthalmology | 1 block |
Radiology/Orthopedics | 1 block |
Geriatrics | 1 block |
ICU | 1 block |
Family Medicine Preceptorship and Practice Management | 1 block |
Ambulatory Care/Practice Management/CQI | 1 block |
Faculty Development or Elective | 1 block |
Third Year
Family Medicine Clinic 4 half days per week |
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Family Medicine Service | 3 blocks |
Electives | 3 blocks |
Faculty Development (or Elective) | 1 block |
Emergency Department (Herrin & Carbondale) | 1 block |
Ambulatory Care / Community Medicine | 1 block |
Ambulatory Care / Practice Management / CQI | 1 block |
Dermatology / Practice Management | 1 block |
GYN | 1 block |
Outpatient Peds | 1 block |
Available Electives
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Endocrinology
- Health Service
- Hospitalist
- Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Nuclear Medicine
- Oncology
- Pathology
- Physiotherapy
- Plastic Surgery
- Radiology
- Sports Medicine
- Other advanced medical and surgical subspecialties as approved
- Away/International Rotations available during 3rd year