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ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) transforms the way rural, underserved communities learn and share knowledge. Coordinated by Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, ECHO provides a virtual network for experts to mentor and share their medical expertise. Current topics include opioids and hypertension.

General Goals: The goal of the echo lab rotation is to develop competence in the performance and interpretation of all the different modalities of echocardiography. This should be achieved in a logical step-wise approach of increasing complexity and depth of knowledge. This specific curriculum outlines the hands-on training requirements and the cognitive skills required, citing reading sources for achieving this knowledge. A clear reading curriculum is outlined for the fellows to follow and to be supplemented by attending Cardiologists as pertinent cases arise. This rotation, with others, also

Spreading the word about HPV’s Highly Protective Vaccine Written by Steve Sandstrom Published in Aspects Magazine, Autumn 2017 (40-4) The human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world. It can cause genital warts, anal cancer and cancer of the mouth and throat (oropharyngeal cancer)regardless of gender. It can also cause cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina and of the penis. In 2012, about 528,000 new cases and 266,000 deaths occurred from cervical cancer worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of all sexually

The Department of Population Science and Policy (PSP) is collaborating with SIU SOM faculty and students to redesign the population health curriculum with innovative and extensive materials to consider and serve America’s most vulnerable populations, especially those residing in rural areas. This new curriculum from Population Science and Policy provides information and experiential learning opportunities in population science that will complement the clinical skills medical students develop. As the education staff collaborates with the three divisions within PSP, the Department provides

The Department of Medical Humanities offers a curriculum designed to provide students with a core knowledge in the humanities, emphasizing application of the content and methodologies of humanities disciplines to the practice of medicine. Department faculty provide educational experiences for undergraduate medical students during Years 1 and 2. During Year 3, the Department delivers a one-week curricular clerkship, entitled "The Physician-Patient Relationship," as well as multiple integrated modules and learning experiences that form part of the clinical clerkships. During Year 4, a second one