SIU School of Medicine is internationally known for its innovative teaching and testing methods, including a competency-based curriculum and a dedication to training caring and competent physicians.

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Staff

Director of the Academy; Boyung Suh, PhD 913 N Rutledge, Springfield, IL 62702 Phone: (217) 545-2103 Email: bsuh46@siumed.edu Anna Cianciolo Heeyoung Han Debra L. Klamen Shelley Tiischkau Office Administrator; Crystal Bright 801 N Rutledge, Springfield, IL 62702 Email: cbright68@siumed.edu General inquiries: academy@siumed.edu
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Academy for Scholarship in Education Awards

FACULTY AWARDS J. Kevin Dorsey Outstanding Educator of the Year Award MEDICAL STUDENT AWARDS Outstanding Student Medical Educators
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Academy for Scholarship in Education Resources

Teaching and Learning Resource Repository A Private Universe NMBE Faculty Resource Problem Based Learning PITT Video Gallery
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Academy for Scholarship in Education Offerings

Teaching and Learning and Scholarship Faculty Development Academy Membership Innovative speakers Online Archive PBL Workshop Succeed Faculty Development Symposium on Teaching and Learning CCC Modules
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Our country is experiencing a health care provider shortage; this is especially evident in rural Illinois. The majority of our state’s doctors will retire in the next two decades and it takes approximately 12-16 years to produce one doctor. The answer is clear: We need your support to make sure we are sufficiently preparing physicians and health care professionals to meet the demands of our citizens today and tomorrow. Visit our giving page to donate to any of our funds. Student Scholarships The cost of tuition at SIU School of Medicine remains one of the most affordable among public
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Elective/Selective Learning Topics

Medical Humanitites offers a wide range of non-clinical areas of study. New subjects are added often as medicine and societal roles change and adapt to current conditions. Below are some of the topics and areas of interest covered in Medical Humanities: Adolescent Medicine Alternative Therapy Brain Death - PVS Burn Out Clinical Decision Making Communication Community Health Compassion Conscientious Objection Cost-Containment Death-Dying Dialysis Disaster Preparation Disclosure Discrimination Domestic Violence Education - Academic Medicine Empathy End-of-Life Care Environmental Health Ethics ER
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Education

The Department of Medical Humanities offers a curriculum designed to provide students with a core knowledge in the humanities, emphasizing application of the content and methodologies of humanities disciplines to the practice of medicine. Department faculty provide educational experiences for undergraduate medical students during Years 1 and 2. During Year 3, the Department delivers a one-week curricular clerkship, entitled "The Physician-Patient Relationship," as well as multiple integrated modules and learning experiences that form part of the clinical clerkships. During Year 4, a second one
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Faculty Publications

Medical Humanities Publications Publications 2016 Publications Spielman, B, "What is the Impact of Bioethics on Clinical Trials? " Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology (2016, forthcoming) Christine Gorka, Jana Craig, and Bethany Spielman, "Growing an Ethics Consultation Service: Lessons Learned from Two Decades of Practice," accepted AJOB Empirical Ethics (forthcoming, 2016) Spielman, B, "Gender and Race in the Timing of Requests for Ethics Consultations: a Single Center Study" (submitted, Journal of Clinical Ethics ) Todd, C, "He Says You Are Finished." On Being A Doctor, Annals of Internal
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