We are excited to introduce to you our Boot Camp Program that was started in 2012. This exciting, innovative program is put on for our interns in the first month of their residency. Here at SIU, we have residents who are from different medical schools, cultures, and even countries. Boot Camp was first proposed as a way to gauge each intern’s comfort level with different practical skills and knowledge of pediatric-specific topics. We then offer a program that prepares all interns to start their first clinical rotation confident in their skills, and well-aware of our expectations of them. We

If you are in crisis, please call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or chat online at 988lifeline.org/chat . Residency is a time of tremendous personal and professional growth. However, medicine is a high-risk profession for development of stress, burnout and depression, especially for residents. A majority of residents show symptoms of burnout and about 30% of residents experience some level of depression during residency. Junior residents are at the highest risk. Tragically, the United States loses up to 400 physicians per year to suicide. Suicide is the leading cause of death

Boyung Suh, PhD Director of the Academy for Scholarship in Education and Assistant Professor for the Department of Medical Education The Academy The Academy for Scholarship in Education at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIUSOM) at Springfield is focused on collaboration, education, and educational research. Founded in 2005, the Academy has attracted more than 130 members, and continues to grow. The Academy supports the educational and education research mission of the school by ensuring that all faculty, staff, and medical students have access to the resources they need to be

Summer research internships will be offered for the ninth year at Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Medicine. SCI will award four paid positions to qualified undergraduate college students who plan a career in medicine or biomedical research with a focus on cancer. Don Torry, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology and Director of Basic and Translational Research at SCI, said the program “shows students who have an interest in research and medicine what it’s like to work in a lab and experience cancer

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is hosting an inaugural lecture to commemorate the life of a groundbreaking central Illinois physician. The lecture is part of the Alonzo Homer Kenniebrew, MD Forum on Health Inequities and Disparities, a new annual discussion of health disparities and other factors that impact population health. The lecture is free and open to the public. Kendall Campb ell, MD, will deliver the keynote address from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 31. His presentation, “Promoting Equity for Faculty in Academic Medicine,” will be held in the Memorial Center

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is hosting an inaugural lecture to commemorate the life of a groundbreaking central Illinois physician. The lecture is part of the Alonzo Homer Kenniebrew, MD Forum on Health Inequities and Disparities, a new annual discussion of health disparities and other factors that impact population health. The lecture is free and open to the public. Kendall Campb ell, MD, will deliver the keynote address from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 31. His presentation, “Promoting Equity for Faculty in Academic Medicine,” will be held in the Memorial Center

Twenty-five students at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine have been awarded scholarships over the past few weeks. Three fourth-year students received the Alumni Scholarship: Kyle McCullough , son of Michael and Gayle McCullough of Decatur; Jacquelyne Mool , daughter of Ken Mool of Panola and Kim Scott of Peoria; and Jasmine Moreno , daughter of Efren and Martha Moreno of Chicago. The Alumni Scholarship was established by the charter Class of 1976 as a gift in honor of its 25th reunion. The Class of 1977 followed the lead of its predecessor by supporting the fund with reunion

Twenty-five students at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine have been awarded scholarships over the past few weeks. Three fourth-year students received the Alumni Scholarship: Kyle McCullough , son of Michael and Gayle McCullough of Decatur; Jacquelyne Mool , daughter of Ken Mool of Panola and Kim Scott of Peoria; and Jasmine Moreno , daughter of Efren and Martha Moreno of Chicago. The Alumni Scholarship was established by the charter Class of 1976 as a gift in honor of its 25th reunion. The Class of 1977 followed the lead of its predecessor by supporting the fund with reunion

Family physicians in eight Illinois communities are hosting students from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine January 3 – January 27. The students are participating in the school’s Family Medicine Preceptorship Program. The experience provides an opportunity for students to use their medical knowledge in an office setting under the supervision of an experienced physician. The students choose from more than 160 family practice physicians in Illinois for their preceptorship experience. They will graduate from medical school in May 2018, then pursue advanced training in a specific