A well-balanced lifestyle is encouraged at the Southern Illinois University Decatur Family Medicine residency program. Many social events are organized through the program.These events facilitate a sense of comradery and community with our residents, faculty, and staff. Many residents also set up their own events away from the residency which can be anything from a simple bite to eat to going on a relaxing bike ride.Decatur is centrally located among some of the other big cities in the Midwest also making a simple weekend getaway possible. SIU Decatur Social Events Beginning of the year Picnic

The Clinical Skills Laboratory is a dedicated instructional room with dozens of interactive models and simulators for training and self-study. The director of the laboratory is a nurse educator who works with course directors and other nurse educators to provide course-specific clinical skills development activities. Students can also make appointments with the director to schedule sessions to develop, maintain, or remediate clinical skills. Contacts: LESLIE MONTGOMERY , RN, MS, CCRN, 217-545-2230 Director of Clinical Skills Laboratory Clinical Skills in Year Two In each unit during Year 2

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Graduate resident statistics RRC Procedures RRC Minimum 2021-2022 SIU OBGYN 2020-2021 SIU OBGYN 2019-2020 SIU OBGYN Spontaneous deliveries 200 244 295 268 Cesarean deliveries 145 182 207 193 Operative vaginal deliveries 15 16 20 16 Obstetric ultrasound 50 54 94 70 Abdominal hysterectomy 15 18 25 26 Vaginal hysterectomy 15 17 14 15 Laparoscopic hysterectomy 15 60 60 47 Incontinence and pelvic floor 25 43 59 39 Cystoscopy 10 75 75 42 Laparoscopy 60 106 139 88 Operative hysteroscopy 40 72 70 80 Abortion 20 31 25 26 Transvaginal ultrasound 50 74 95 95 Total invasive cancer 25 32 48 28

The CCX (Clinical Competency Examination) is a clinical skills/reasoning exam that uses standardized patient encounters followed by computer-based documentation and clinical reasoning. CCX exams are administered throughout the curriculum: at the middle and end of each Unit in Year 1, at the end of each Unit in Year 2, at the end of each Pediatric and Psychiatry core rotation (Internal Medicine has End-of-Clerkship standardized patient exams, but they do not include the CCX post-encounter), and in the Summative Clinical Competency Examination (SCCX), in Year 3 after students complete their

Hospitalization Among Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD) Investigators Obiora Onwuameze, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) Vinod Alluri, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) Objective: The objectives of this project are to 1) Determine the relationship between depression and hospitalization in patients with SSDs; 2) evaluate psychotic symptoms as a predictor of hospitalization in SSDs patients; 3) assess diagnosis of schizophrenia versus schizoaffective disorder as a predictor of hospitalization in SSD patients; and 4) develop a preliminary predictive model of variables for

FIRST (Family Intervention in Recent Onset Schizophrenia Trial) Investigators Jeffrey I. Bennett, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) Obiora Onwuameze, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) Vinod Alluri, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) This observational study compares outcomes for caregivers of patients with new onset schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophreniform disorder who receive a program of online psychoeducational training versus support as usual. Caregiver health status, patient outcomes, satisfaction, and various subjective parameters will be measured over a 12-month period. Patients

ASPIRE (A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intranasal esketamine in addition to comprehensive standard of care for the rapid reduction of the symptoms of major depressive disorder, including suicidal ideation, in subjects assessed to be at imminent risk for suicide) Investigators Jeffrey I. Bennett, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) Vinod Alluri, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) Michelle Gates, PhD (Faculty, Division of Clinical Psychology) Santosh Shrestha, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) Arindam Chakrabarty, MD (Resident) Background: Major