Year 2 Resource Sessions
*Resource Sessions may change without notice. Contact Carol Coniglio with any questions about resource sessions.
HII UNIT
PSP in the Real World
This resource session provides an understanding on the importance of population science and policy in the everyday practice of physicians in the United States. Students will discuss a recent health crisis by applying aspects of the three divisions of Population Science and Policy.
Data Interpretation: Additional Statistical Tests
This lecture will focus on statistical methods, including parametric tests and non-parametric tests, as well as methods for comparing categorical data such as the Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test. We will discuss the basics of correlation and regression analyses to examine relationships between variables, and survival analysis, with emphasis on selecting the appropriate test based on data type and study design.
Complex Ethical Issues and Advance Health Directives
This resource session presents examples of complex ethical issues encountered in medical settings and provides an understanding of the guidelines for advance health directives with examples of where they may be difficult to undertake.
CRR UNIT
Physician Advocacy
This resource session explores the multi-faceted role of physicians as advocates for patients, communities, and policy. The role of medical students as advocates now and the impact they will have on population health through advocacy as future physician is discussed.
Biases in Clinical Research
This resource session will explore the various types of bias that can impact the validity and reliability of clinical research findings. Key categories of bias, including selection bias (e.g., sampling bias, loss to follow-up), information bias (e.g., recall bias, measurement bias), and confounding (when an extraneous variable distorts the true association between exposure and outcome) will be discussed. Strategies to minimize bias, such as proper study design, randomization, blinding, and statistical adjustments, will also be discussed.
Clinical Informatics
This resource session helps students gain an understanding of health care costs, health outcomes in the United States, and the US health care delivery system and payment models. The session also discusses case-based application of disease prevention and explores health care delivery and public policy solutions.
Quality Improvement
This resource session provides examples of medical errors and the strategies on how to recognize and avoid them. This session also introduces students to best practices for safe delivery of care and quality improvement in medical settings. Several scenarios are presented for student discussion.
NMB UNIT
History of the Opioid Epidemic
This resource session provides information on a public health crisis, providing specific information regarding the opioid epidemic and statistics of opioid misuse. Research conducted by SIU Medicine’s Department of Population Science and Policy regarding the epidemic is also presented.
Disease Surveillance & Outbreak Investigation
This resource session will explore the key types of surveillance, including passive, active, sentinel, and syndromic surveillance, along with their applications in infectious disease control. We will also cover outbreak investigation, including the steps in identifying, confirming, and controlling an outbreak. Topics such as defining cases, calculating attack rates, establishing epidemiologic links, and identifying sources of infection through descriptive, analytical, and field epidemiologic methods will be highlighted.
Social and Structural Determinants of Health in Mental Illness
The impact of social and structural determinants of health on people with serious mental illness (SMI) along with the disparate health outcomes they experience will be discussed. Special emphasis to understanding how physicians in non-psychiatric specialties can improve the outcomes for patients with mental illness will be given.
ERG UNIT
Rural Healthcare Systems and Delivery
This resource session explores the various definitions of “rural” and healthcare delivery between rural and urban settings, focusing on the health disparities experienced by rural populations.
Physician Leadership
This resource session presents inter-professional practices and the role of a physician on a collaborative team providing health care.
STEP 1 Review
We will be discussing questions on epidemiology, biostatistics, and study design. This resource session will review main topics that are tested on the USMLE Step 1 exam with examples.