The SIU Surgical Skills Center has been greatly expanded in its new location at the Memorial Learning Center which was completed in 2015. The Memorial Learning Center is a four-story facility at the corner of Miller and Rutledge streets. The MLC is specifically designed for learning, innovation and professional development with facilities that include a large conference center and classrooms, a state-of-the-art Clinical Simulation Center, and a Surgical Skills Laboratory.

Standardized patients (SPs) have been used for teaching and assessing medical students at SIU School of Medicine since the late 1970's. In the mid-1980's, under the direction of Dr. Howard Barrows, the use of SPs in assessment was expanded to include a 15-patient clinical practice exam (CPX) in the senior year. This examination served as part of the stimulus for the development of the SP Project at the National Board of Medical Examiners and for the Macy consortia Project in the early-mid 1990's. Students at SIU School of Medicine see SPs throughout their undergraduate curriculum. In the first

The residency training program in plastic surgery provides a diverse experience in plastic surgery and its subspeciality areas. Two positions per year are filled in an integrated program approved by the Residency Review Committee which involves matching into the program during the senior year of medical school. Rotations during the first three years are: First year - general surgery, orthopaedics, plastics, ocular plastics, transplant, vascular, and trauma Second year - general surgery, plastics, oral surgery, head & neck, hand/ortho, burn unit and research Third year - plastics, head & neck

What is a standardized patient? A standardized patient is a person who has been coached to accurately and consistently portray the history, personality, physical findings, and emotional state of an actual patient at a particular point in the patient's illness. Standardized patients are interviewed and examined by medical students, just as you would by your family doctor. What does a standardized patient do? Standardized patient encounters are similar to visits with your doctor. The exception is instead of presenting your own medical condition, you are coached to present information related to

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Journal club will be conducted during noon conferences that are held at Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Vasireddy will select a group of articles at the beginning of each month of Memorial conferences for the residents to review. The articles will be emailed via PDF document to each resident and also will appear on this website. The journal club conference will be held at the end of the month. August 2015 Imaging of the Female Pelvis Through the Life Cycle , Radiographics: Volume 33, Number 6, October 2013: 1613-1630 Pediatric Cardiac Tumors: Clinical and Imaging Feaures , Radiographics: Volume