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Kaylan Kandra, MD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at SIU School of Medicine, has earned the Illinois Psychiatric Society's 2024 Educator of the Year award. "Dr. Kandra is passionate about academic psychiatry and is dedicated to training the future generation of psychiatrists," the Illinois Psychiatry Society writes. "He loves teaching and aims to shape the future of mental health care through education." Kandra completed a psychiatry residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2019, following medical school training at J.J.M. Medical College in India. Learn more

Clerkship The Department of Psychiatry provides education and training in each year of the medical school curriculum establishing the pre-requisite didactic and clinical knowledge as well as clinical skills for interested students to become successful candidates for psychiatric residency training. The medical school psychiatric curriculum also provides the clinical framework and exposure for students pursuing other fields of medicine to recognize the characteristic presenting signs and symptoms of primary mental disorders and to understand the clinical course and available treatments. During

CLINICAL ROTATIONS Adult Inpatient - 11 months || Chief Adult Inpatient - 3 months || Geriatric Inpatient - 1 month || Outpatient Care - 12 months || Adolescent Inpatient - 2 months || Neurology - 2 months || Community Psychiatry - 1 months || Primary Care - 4 months || Consultation/Liaison - 3 months || Substance Abuse - 1 month || Electives - 8 months || Developmental Disabilities - 1 month (FTE) PATIENT POPULATION Primary service area - Springfield and vicinity (population 160,000) Referral area - Central and Southern Illinois (population 2,000,000) Residents care of patients from all

ROTATION GRID First Year Resident Primary Care: 4 months Adult Inpatient Psychiatry: 5 months Consultation Liaison: 1 month Community Psychiatry: 1 month Neuro Rehabilitation: 1 month Acute Care Psychiatric Clinic: 8 months (once per week - every Monday afternoon supervised by an attending) Second Year Resident Adult Inpatient: 3 months Night Float: 6 weeks (2 weeks at a time) Child and Adolescent Inpatient: 2 months Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry: 2 months ECT: 1 month Neurology: 1 month Substance Abuse: 1 month Hospital Follow-up Clinic: 4 months Third Year Resident Outpatient Psychiatry

Learn about SIU School of Medicine's psychiatry residency program through monthly Zoom sessions. Designed for ERAS applicants interested in applying to the residency program, the sessions will introduce you to SIU Medicine residents and faculty. Sessions occur from 6-7 p.m., CST. Click the links below to register for sessions that interest you. We look forward to sharing information about our department and program with you! Upcoming sessions August 15, 2024 - Program Leadership Meet and Greet September 12, 2024 - Resident Meet and Greet October 10, 2024 - Available Tracks and Unique Training

Learn about SIU School of Medicine's psychiatry residency program through monthly Zoom sessions. Designed for ERAS applicants interested in applying to the residency program, the sessions will introduce you to SIU Medicine residents and faculty. Sessions occur from 6-7 p.m., CST. Click the links below to register for sessions that interest you. We look forward to sharing information about our department and program with you! Upcoming diversity-focused sessions September 20, 2022 - URM Faculty Meet and Greet and Mentorship Opportunities October 18, 2022 - URM Resident Meet and Greet Additional

Thank you for your interest in the Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry residency training program in Springfield, Illinois. Applications must be received in ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service) by October 15th of each year. Interviews are generally scheduled on Fridays from November through January. Interviews last the entire day to allow candidates the opportunity to meet with a number of faculty and residents and to visit an inpatient location. Final selection decisions are made by the Psychiatry Residency Admissions Committee (PRAC)