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A 65 yr old male develops the acute onset of weakness of the right face, arm and leg. There is associated numbness of face, arm, and leg. He has an expressive aphasia. Eyes are deviated to the left and he has a right homonymous hemianopia. a) What vascular territory is involved? b) Name the vessel this artery branches off from. c) Which artery or arteries supply the body and head of the caudate, upper part of the anterior limb, genu, and anterior part of the posterior limb of the internal capsule, putamen, and pallidum? d) What are the possible etiologies of stroke in this patient? A 75 yr old

If you are a patient and would like to enroll in a clinical trial, click here . Appointments may be made by calling 217-545-8000 Location The clinic is located in the SIU Department of Neurology clinic on the 3rd floor (Room 3100) of the SIU Clinics Building, 751 N. Rutledge Street, Springfield, IL.

SIU Emergency Medicine residents presented quality projects at the Graduate Medical Education Resident and Fellow Quality Improvement Poster Competition and Symposium. Dr. Shreya Lankala, PGY-3, took first place for "Cost of Quality Waste from Inappropriate Urine Culture Testing in the Emergency Department." Dr. Alexis Koda, PGY-3, presented "Optimizing MRI Utilization in the Emergency Department" and Dr. Mark Baker, PGY-2, presented "Appropriate CT Cervical Spine Utilization in the Emergency Department."

Our 4 week clerkship is a combination of inpatient, general practice and subspecialty experiences. We assign each student to a small team of physicians who assess student performance and provide feedback. Each student has an average of 30 half days of clinic experience over the course of the 4 weeks. Some schedules require students to round on their patients on weekends or nights. All schedules are set up based on physician clinical schedules.

Core Internal Medicine Clerkship Internal Medicine encompasses a broad spectrum of knowledge that is foundational for any subsequent specialty that a student chooses to pursue. Exceptional patient care requires not only medical knowledge, but the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams, an understanding of the social determinants of health, the importance of safe transitions of care, and operating within the healthcare system. Most importantly, it requires the delivery of compassionate patient care. The Internal Medicine Clerkship allows students to explore and learn about all of these

During the first eight months of the third year students rotate through all core clerkships. Each clerkship is 4-weeks in duration. The final 15 weeks consist of students selecting from a comprehensive list of selectives that are offered from all departments and specialties within the school of medicine. During the 4-week surgery core clerkship each student is randomly assigned one faculty preceptor from one of ten surgical specialties. Each preceptor determines the students daily schedules which includes clinic, surgery, and attending educational conferences. Students are allowed to work up

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. The four-week

The structure of the Year 3 neurology clerkship consists of two weeks of inpatient service experiences and outpatient clinic rotations. The specialty areas in neurology include Alzheimer’s Disease, Epilepsy, Neuroimmunology, Neuromuscular Medicine, Neuropathology, Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, and Vascular Neurology, (Stroke). During the neurology clerkship, students will be coached to examine neurologic patients skillfully and respectfully. In addition, students will learn to communicate findings, differential diagnoses, lesion localization and patient management effectively and

Core Students will spend approximately four weeks with a practicing family physician. Students will provide patient care in both the ambulatory and hospital setting under the direct supervision of the preceptor. Each student is expected to participate, as fully as possible, in the day-to-day activities of the preceptor. Personalized Education Plan (PEP) This is a thirteen week program for our students, entitled PEP alongside with the Y4 electives. The plan is to give our Y3 students the opportunity to continue their studies in areas of their choice during this PEP Program. The PEP period runs

Core OB/GYN Clerkship The required 3rd year Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship provides a four week experience in outpatient clinics, inpatient care, and surgeries. PEP (Personalized Education Plan) For SIU School of Medicine students who have completed their core clerkships, the following 2 or 4 week OB/GYN PEP Selectives are offered: Outpatient GYN Selective with a focus on ambulatory obstetric and gynecologic care Inpatient GYN Selective with a focus on care of the patient before, during, and after gynecologic surgery Inpatient OB Selective with a focus on obstetrical complications, the