Core Curriculum: (Eight / Four Week Rotations 34 weeks) in an inter-professional clinical environment Emergency Medicine Family and Community Medicine Internal Medicine Neurology Obstetrics and Gynecology Pediatrics Psychiatry Surgery Intersession Period: 3 weeks Medical Humanities Summative Clinical Competency Exam Geriatrics Personalized Education Plan (PEP): 15 weeks Selective courses to improve clinical skill/professional development Evaluations are administered at the completion of each clerkship on a pass/fail grading scale assessing Clinical Skills and Professionalism with an overall

Quality improvement (QI) consists of systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable improvement in health care services and the health status of targeted patient groups. SIU Department of Family and Community Medicine provides site level quality improvement projects, as well as, department level quality improvement projects. FCM is focusing on improving evidence based quality care in a safe environment. Current projects include improving immunization rates in children less than two years of age and implementation of GEMBA boards through our clinical sites. FCM quality department

Family Medicine offers a Sports Medicine Fellowship to train primary care specialists in the unique aspects of sports medicine. The fellowship trained physician maintains competence in their primary specialty and will have expertise in medicine as it applies to the exercising individual Family Medicine offers accredited Sports Medicine Fellowships within the residency programs: Carbondale Quincy

Call system emphasizes the initial assessment and management of medical problems through a longitudinal emergency medicine experience. Taken from home and is done with an intern During the week call is 5pm-6am During the weekend call is 6am-6am Call done average every 11 th night Total average 5 call days a month Answer hours telephone triage responsibility Clinic is four half-days a week at SIU Quincy Family Practice Senior residents work with medical students and PA students in the clinic Third year residents have the ability to do an away rotation The third-year rotations are a mix of

Circulation Desk Contact for general inquiries, borrowing and renewing, and room scheduling. Phone: 217-545-2658 Email: circulation@siumed.edu Research Assistance Contact for advanced research help from a librarian. Phone: 217-545-2113 Email: reference@siumed.edu Ask a Librarian Mailing Address SIU School of Medicine Medical Library 801 N. Rutledge PO Box 19625 Springfield, IL 62794-9625

Second Year Curriculum Call system emphasizes the initial assessment and management of medical problems through a longitudinal emergency medicine experience. Taken from home and is done with an intern During the week call is 5pm-6am During the weekend call is 6am-6am Call done average every 9 th night Total average 5 call days a month Answer hours telephone triage responsibility Clinic is three half-days a week at SIU Quincy Family Practice Senior residents work with medical students and PA students in the clinic Two areas of specialty are available for senior residents OB tract

SIU Family Medicine Residency Program | Carbondale 300 W Oak St, Carbondale, IL 62901 Phone: (618) 536-0221 Fax: (618) 453-1102 For general residency information, contact Elizabeth Miller at emiller79@siumed.edu

SIU Family Medicine Residency Program | Carbondale 300 W Oak St, Carbondale, IL 62901 Phone: (618) 536-0221 Fax: (618) 453-1102 For general residency information, contact Elizabeth Miller at emiller79@siumed.edu

Employment authorization Physicians who are enrolled in a SIU School of Medicine residency or fellowship program, who are not United States citizens must have one of the following: permanent resident status appropriate employment authorization documentation J-1 visa through ECFMG (see below) VISAS SIU School of Medicine accepts exchange visitors sponsored through the Exchange Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). For information regarding J-1 Visas, the Exchange Visitor Sponsorship Program and application process, please visit the following links: General Information about the