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Plastic Surgery Residency Curriculum

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
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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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Program Faculty

Clinical Radiologists SC David Alexander Todd Anderson Marc Apostol David Ayoub Rebecca Baggett Joseph Baima John Becker Marisa Blitstein Tamara Boore Robert Burke Justin Brooks Lucy Christopherson Kevin Coakley Mary Joelle Curry Thomas Dickerson Augusto Elias John Felker Eileen Figuerres Kanchan Gupta Robert Haag Chester Harrison Edward Harter Kyle Hayden Ronald Hidalgo Robert Knudson Robert Kaufman Aaron Konrad Kenneth Kraudel Heath Laughlin Raymond Lee Mary Ludolph George Magre William Moore Casey Muehle Charles Neal Robert Nordstrom Minesh Patel Patrick Rhoades Joshua Rieke D. Randal
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Teaching Files

ABR Study Guide Brant & Helms Powerpoint Lectures Attending Lectures Resident Lectures Resident Teaching Cases Physics Lecture Handouts Physics Board Examination Materials Written Board Examination Materials Oral Board Examination Materials ACR In-Service Exam Answers - 2007-2010
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Journal Club

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
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Standardized Patient Program Casting Sheet

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine employs simulated patients in the training and evaluation of medical students, residents and other professionals. A Simulated/Standardized Patient is a person who has been coached to accurately and consistently recreate the history, personality, physical findings, and emotional structure and response pattern of an actual patient isolated at a particular point in time. Simulated patients are interviewed and examined (just as you would be by your family doctor) by male and female medical students. In the patient role, simulators may see several (1
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How to Apply

Thank you for your interest in our Diagnostic Radiology Residency training program at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. Our program is a 5-year categorical program that includes the preliminary year of medicine with the Internal Medicine Department at SIU-SOM. 2025 Virtual Interviews Interview Week All interviews will be conducted virtually on November 10-14, 2025. If invited, you can expect to receive interview/schedule details via email/ERAs. Sample Interview Day 8-8:15 am: Program Director Welcome Message 8:15-9:30: Virtual Interviews (see panel below
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