Emergency Medicine offers the opportunity to see a wide range of clinical pathology in a face paced and active enviroment. The goals for the Year 3 Emergency Medicine Clerkship are in line with the new structure of the Year 3 curriculum: Clinical Immersion Coaching Direct observation Targeted feedback Individualized Professional Development At the end of the EM Clerkship, students should be able to: • Perform a focused, high-quality H&P, and generate a DDX and initial workup for a patient who presents to the Emergency Department with Chest Pain. • Perform a focused, high-quality H&P, and

Government Agencies NIH (National Institutes of Health) Institutes (NCI, NINDS, NIMH, etc.) Health information PubMed NLM (National Library of Medicine) / MedLinePlus CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) WHO (World Health Organization) Medicare / New Freedom Initiative FDA (Food and Drug Administration / Food Safety and Applied Nutrition ) Hospital Compare (patient mortality date, from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) www.health.gov / Healthfinder , "your guide to reliable health information". Health Resources and Services Administration Veterans Administration

Websites related to Embryology Society for Developmental Biology Human Developmental Anatomy Center (from National Museum of Health & Medicine) The Visible Embryo Human Embryology Animations (from Valerie O'Loughlin, Indiana University) UNSW Embryology (from the University of New South Wales ) DevBio , by Scott F. Gilbert Bioethics for developmental biologists More links (from Jim Martindale)

Websites related to histology Introductory Histology Histology at SIU School of Medicine - part of Year 1 . Blue Histology , by Lutz Slomianka, Anatomisches Institut der Universität Zürich-Irchel (hosted by the University of Western Australia). Ed's Basic Histology Gallery , a website "placed primarily for the medical students at The University of Health Sciences in Kansas City". Shotgun Histology (on YouTube , narrated surveys of virtual slides) The JayDoc HistoWeb , Univ. of Kansas. Internet Atlas of Histology , interactive images, plus quizzes. University of Illinois College of Medicine at

Organizations Society for Neuroscience BrainFacts.org ("a public information initiative of the Society for Neuroscience") The Journal of Neuroscience Brain Awareness Week IBRO (International Brain Research Organization) International Society for Neuroethology Dana Foundation NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Cajal Institute Columbia University Center for Neurobiology and Behavior American Association of Anatomists / AAA resource links American Association of Clinical Anatomists Reference Washington University Neuromuscular Disease Center BrainMaps

Websites related to Gross Anatomy American Association of Anatomists / AAA resource links American Association of Clinical Anatomists Net Anatomy Anatomy Atlases (a digital library of anatomy information, curated by Ronald A. Bergman) Atlas of Human Anatomy Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy - A Functional Approach Anatomy of First Aid - A Case Study Approach Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation Lessons From a Bone Box MedPix TM Medical Image Database (radiographs and cases) Virtual Autopsy (with clinical cases ) (from the University of

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Aspects Volume 38 No. 2 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson "A library is a hospital for the mind." -Anonymous Since the opening of SIU School of Medicine’s main instructional facility in 1974, the medical library has been a place of study and reflection for students, staff, faculty and the community. But until 2014, the library remained relatively unchanged in its appearance, while being challenged to adapt to changing user needs. The library previously had limited accommodations for group study and struggled to incorporate increasingly ubiquitous technology within its

Aspects Volume 38 No. 2 Image Caption: The Class of 2015 On March 20, the first day of spr ing was coupled with the anticipation of the first look inside the green envelopes containing the residency match information for 66 members of the Class of 2015. The results revealed that thirty SIU medical students (45%) will train in the primary care specialties of family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics. If the obstetrics/gynecology matches (four students) are included, the total rises to 51 percent. "Our students have again matched in some of the most outstanding programs across the nation

Aspects Volume 38 No. 2 Image Caption: The Class of 2015 On March 20, the first day of spr ing was coupled with the anticipation of the first look inside the green envelopes containing the residency match information for 66 members of the Class of 2015. The results revealed that thirty SIU medical students (45%) will train in the primary care specialties of family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics. If the obstetrics/gynecology matches (four students) are included, the total rises to 51 percent. "Our students have again matched in some of the most outstanding programs across the nation