Next time you’re in the library be sure to greet Sam Skeleton, the library’s newest staff member. You’re most likely to find him skulking around the front desk during library open hours, but he’s available as a study buddy by request at the front desk. Sam comes to us from 3B Scientific. Bones. The booklet he carries with him includes the Latin and English names for each point. Study aid features include: flexible spine and ligaments spinal nerves and vertebral arteries fully flexible limbs on his right side. muscle origins and insertions, and other features are numbered. If you’d like to chat

View a collection of origami donated to the Library by Nancy Graves MD, who finished her residency in psychiatry at SIU in 2009. She used beautifully patterned papers to create the intricately folded shapes. The collection is currently in the Library's display wall exhibit cases. Selections from the origami collection

Written by Whitney Zahnd, Senior Research Development Coordinator, Office of Population Science and Policy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine November 16 th marks National Rural Health Day, a day to recognize the amazing efforts of healthcare providers, public health professionals, and community organizations who serve the more than 60 million rural Americans and nearly 1.5 million rural Illinoisans. I have been fortunate enough—both as a farmer’s daughter and a rural health researcher for more than a decade —to see the expertise, compassion, and resourcefulness in which rural

Written by Whitney Zahnd, Senior Research Development Coordinator, Office of Population Science and Policy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine November 16 th marks National Rural Health Day, a day to recognize the amazing efforts of healthcare providers, public health professionals, and community organizations who serve the more than 60 million rural Americans and nearly 1.5 million rural Illinoisans. I have been fortunate enough—both as a farmer’s daughter and a rural health researcher for more than a decade —to see the expertise, compassion, and resourcefulness in which rural

Written by Whitney Zahnd, Senior Research Development Coordinator, Office of Population Science and Policy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine November 16 th marks National Rural Health Day, a day to recognize the amazing efforts of healthcare providers, public health professionals, and community organizations who serve the more than 60 million rural Americans and nearly 1.5 million rural Illinoisans. I have been fortunate enough—both as a farmer’s daughter and a rural health researcher for more than a decade —to see the expertise, compassion, and resourcefulness in which rural

SIU School of Medicine authors published 40 articles in the past month that were added to PubMed. See the list at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/carol.gordon.1/collections/53…

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Deadline for submission is January 10th, 2025. You may submit a maximum of 5 entries per each category of poetry, prose, and artwork/photography. Please fill out a separate entry form for each individual submission, DO NOT attach multiple items to one form. Prose/Poetry Guidelines Submissions should be in word or pdf format 10-12 pt. Times New Roman, Helvetica or Arial font Word limit: 1,800 words To see the type of Prose and Poetry we've accepted in the past, please see our archive at this webpage . Art/Photography Guidelines Submissions should be in jpeg format. Images should be saved at the

Peer review is defined as the evaluation or assessment of health care delivery, based upon outcome criteria, that is conducted by the peers of the professionals charged with delivering patient care. The purpose of peer review is: To provide a protected place for candid and self-reflective conversation among peers To reduce morbidity and mortality To improve future outcomes The focus of a peer review activity is generally the care provided by an individual. Information that is protected under peer review is not discoverable and is inadmissible during malpractice proceedings. In the State of