Not many know what a Community Health Worker (CHW) is or what the profession entails. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) describes a CHW as “lay members of the community who work either for pay or as volunteers in association with the local health care system in urban and rural environments." CHWs usually share ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and life experiences with the community members they serve. Tyra Jones, Education Coordinator for the Office of Community Care at SIU Medicine says CHWS have been identified by many titles, such as community health advisors

Fourth-year students wanting to pursue emergency medicine residency and obtain a Standardize Letter of Evaluation (SLOE) may choose to enroll in the Year 4 Sub-Intensive rotation. This elective is open to both SIU and visiting students. Rotators in the elective will be given primary care responsibility for emergency department patients under the supervision of emergency medicine physicians. Students will engage in the following activities; patient workups and orders, documentation of patient encounters, communication with faculty regarding patient care, and performance of a variety of

Fourth-year students wanting to pursue emergency medicine residency and obtain a Standardize Letter of Evaluation (SLOE) may choose to enroll in the Year 4 Sub-Intensive rotation. This elective is open to both SIU and visiting students. Rotators in the elective will be given primary care responsibility for emergency department patients under the supervision of emergency medicine physicians. Students will engage in the following activities; patient workups and orders, documentation of patient encounters, communication with faculty regarding patient care, and performance of a variety of

Through Smith Alzheimer's Center outreach programs, participants have found camaraderie, compassion It didn’t take Chris Burns long to realize he found something special. Looking for more resources to help with caregiving, Chris searched high and low around Springfield. He took a caregiver class that helped provide some information, but that only made him hungrier for more knowledge. At one of the visits to the Smith Alzheimer’s Center with his partner, Mary Ann, their clinician suggested trying some of the Center’s year-round outreach programs. Minds in Motion hooked in Chris. He and Mary Ann

Lindsey Teefey leads Stepping Up, an exercise-based program from the Smith Alzheimer's Center. After growing up in Anna, Ill., and graduating from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Lindsey joined the Smith Alzheimer's Center this past spring. What interested you about physical therapy? A friend encouraged me to job shadow a physical therapist in college, and from that day forward, I knew I would really enjoy the field because it was a practical way of helping people through exercise and physical activity. I finished the excellent physical therapist assistant program at SIUC and went on