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Standardized Patients (SPs) have been used for teaching and assessing medical students at Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine since the late 1970's. In the mid-1980's, under the direction of Dr. Howard Barrows, the use of SPs in assessment was expanded to include a 15 patient clinical practice exam (CPX) in the senior year. This examination served as part of the stimulus for the development of the SP Project at the National Board of Medical Examiners and for the Macy consortia Project in the early-mid 1990's. Students at SIU School of Medicine see SPs throughout their

Welcome Since 1978, the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has educated and trained 3,233 SIU School of Medicine Alumni, has 2,306 graduates in practice with 901 (39%) practicing in 66 Illinois counties. SIU School of Medicine also includes 2,939 resident and fellow alumni. Every SOM graduate is a member of the SOM Alumni Society . There are no dues. The Office of Alumni Relations and the Alumni Society seek to provide meaningful ways to connect and engage its alumni and current students with their alma mater and with each other. How alumni can get involved: Attend a reunion or

What is Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In most people with Alzheimer’s symptoms first appear later in life. Estimates vary, but experts suggest that more than 6 million Americans, most of them age 65 or older, may have dementia caused by Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s disease is currently ranked as the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, but recent estimates indicate the disorder may rank third, just behind heart disease and cancer, as a cause of death

About the Carbondale Area Where is Carbondale, Illinois? Carbondale is a city of 25,000 near the southern tip of Illinois, in a beautiful region known as “Little Egypt” – close to the Mississippi River and on the edge of the Shawnee National Forest. It is the home of the flagship campus of Southern Illinois University. Carbondale is NOT near Chicago. It is located approximately 100 miles southeast of St. Louis, 330 miles south of Chicago, 200 miles north of Memphis, and 200 miles northwest of Nashville. Explore the town of Carbondale, IL What public transportation is available in Carbondale

The CCC curriculum has been designed and developed through a collaborative work of the CCC committee, consisting of faculty and students at SIUSOM developing it since 2012. The CCC committee was initially formed from a Year 3 Innovation committee, where they reevaluated the Year 3 clerkship curriculum effectiveness and devised innovative ways to improve the curriculum. As the idea of CCC project was introduced and elaborated, leading members of the Year 3 Innovation committee constituted the CCC committee to embark on the CCC development work. Under the program leadership of Dr. Debra Klamen

Welcome to our program The Diagnostic Radiology Residency program at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine provides the education and experience necessary to become a skilled general diagnostic radiologist. The program provides exposure to all imaging modalities and emphasizes all subspecialties of radiology including interventional radiology, cardiothoracic imaging, neuroradiology, nuclear medicine, pediatric imaging, and women’s imaging. The radiology departments at the affiliated hospitals, Springfield Clinic , Memorial Health , and HSHS St. John's Hospital , comprise the

Thank you for taking a look at what SIU Emergency Medicine has to offer. Our mission is to develop great emergency physicians. We accomplish this mission through a robust clinical experience and educational innovation. With a combined volume of over 130,000 ED visits in the last year our residents are exposed to a large breadth of the critically ill and injured. Patient encounters are focused towards high acuity presentations. As a group we continually strive to advance the way we teach Emergency Medicine. Our residents: Use the Foundations of Emergency Medicine in our didactic curriculum

SIU's Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery strives to improve the health of people afflicted by diseases of the head and neck region through teamwork that is designed to provide optimal patient care, make new discoveries and educate health care workers. Our physicians give expert clinical care covering all aspects of the specialty. In addition, most of the faculty have completed extra training as a sub-specialist. This enables us to provide patients with comprehensive programs in hearing and balance disorders, voice and upper airway disorders, head and neck surgery, and

About us The School of Medicine was founded with a mandate to improve the health of the people of central and southern Illinois. It has fostered an environment that emphasizes empathy, advocacy and community service. As a community-based medical school, we value collaboration and partnerships. The Office of External relations works to fulfill the mission of social accountability for the School of Medicine by cultivating the productive external relationships needed to improve the health of the region. We understand that our mission and goals can be realized only if we have effective sustainable

Training the next generation of rural physicians SIU School of Medicine launched the Lincoln Scholars Program in the summer of 2020, a new Doctor of Medicine track to amplify its mission to improve regional health in downstate Illinois. It is specifically designed to train the next generation of generalist, rural physicians. Currently, our medical students attend one year in Carbondale, and the rest of the curriculum takes place in Springfield. This program is based entirely in Carbondale, with clinical placements in neighboring rural communities. Clinical experiences begin in the first weeks