Why Clinic First? The goal of “Clinic First” is to streamline clinic operations, improve continuity of care, and be responsive to the needs of patients and residents in changing times. The concept of “clinic first” encourages a turnaround of the traditional residency concept of “hospital first” to one in which residents can have improved focus both on their rotations and while in their clinic. This can allow prioritizing of ambulatory and continuity care with fewer distractions. Prospective residents can learn more about the projected benefits and building blocks (engaged leadership, resident

The Family and Community Medicine (FCM) Department strives to be an anti-racist department that is just and unbiased. Defining antiracism as: The active process of identifying and eliminating all forms of oppression by changing systems, organizational structures, policies, practices, attitudes, behaviors and speech so that power and authority are redistributed and shared equitably. We are cognizant of the multiplicity of the ways in which being race conscious and race aware allows us to pay attention to the race-based medicine that has been practiced for far too long. We take note of how

Dr. Jayant Acharya has been named the chair of the Department of Neurology and co-executive director of the Neuroscience Institute at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

Dr. Jayant Acharya has been named the chair of the Department of Neurology and co-executive director of the Neuroscience Institute at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

Dr. Jayant Acharya has been named the chair of the Department of Neurology and co-executive director of the Neuroscience Institute at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

A new mental health training resource is available to assist rural health care providers.

A new mental health training resource is available to assist rural health care providers.

A new mental health training resource is available to assist rural health care providers.

A collaboration between SIU’s Department of Population Science and Policy and Hillsboro Area Hospital has been recognized for its efforts to improve the health and well-being of residents in rural environments.

Haneme Idrizi, MD, has been named associate dean of student affairs and admissions at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She will assume her new role on July 1.