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Goals: The goals of the core surgery clerkship are: Provide a clinically immersive experience with a designated faculty preceptor who will through direct observation and targeted feedback assist students to develop their clinical skills i.e. history and physical exam skills, differential diagnoses development, diagnostic justification, and development of diagnostic and therapeutic management plans. Provide the opportunity for development of communication and interpersonal skills i.e. oral presentation skills, patients, families, caregivers and healthcare teams, and documentation skills

The Surgery Specialties at SIU School of Medicine are dedicated to bringing the latest advanced treatments and technology to citizens of Illinois and beyond. We have dedicated researchers, faculty and staff conducting basic, clinical, educational, epidemiological, and translational research. Our dedication to providing quality care to our patients has created a culture of collaboration and teamwork throughout our areas of research. SIU is a member of the Midwest Healthcare Quality Alliance (MHQA). This partnership with Springfield Memorial Hospital is designed to develop innovative solutions

The Department of Surgery will host the 20th Annual Resident Research Day on Thursday, April 27, 2023, in the Memorial Learning Center Auditorium from 7 a.m. - 12 p.m. This year's visiting professor is Dr. Ahmed Ghazi, Associate Professor of Urology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Ghazi will present "Simulation in Surgery: Not just more simulation, Better simulation." This will be followed by the resident research competition, featuring podium presentations and posters, adjudicated by Surgery faculty. Continental breakfast will be provided.

Requests should be submitted at least two weeks before date requested. All USDA survival surgeries must be performed in the DLAM surgery suite 1666A. The suite must be booked in advance to guarantee your time requested. If there is a change in the date or time of the requested slot, a revised form must be submitted. The surgery suite, as well as assistance from the veterinarian and the veterinary technician, are billed per hour. If controlled substances are needed, a controlled substance request form must also be completed. Contact Cassie Vorachek (by phone at 5-8599 or email at cvorachek68

8:00 AM - Grand Rounds with Dr. Dimitrios Stefanidis: Professor of Surgery; Vice Chair of Education; Chief, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery; Surgical Director, IU Surgery Skills Laboratory; Indiana University, Indianapolis 9:00 AM - Department of Surgery Teaching Awards Refreshments will be provided

The orthopedic surgery residents were crowded around tables of the J. Roland Folse, MD Surgical Skills Center on the fourth floor of the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation. Surgical equipment hummed as the doctors drilled and sawed into assorted pieces of resin. The materials were crafted to create realistic resistance for the surgical residents as they practiced the procedures over and over, perforating and precisely removing sections from the blocks and cylinders. And there was another thing removed from the surgical simulation: the heightened pressure a trainee would experience in

The SIU Surgical Skills Center has been greatly expanded in its new location at the Memorial Learning Center which was completed in 2015. The Memorial Learning Center is a four-story facility at the corner of Miller and Rutledge streets. The MLC is specifically designed for learning, innovation and professional development with facilities that include a large conference center and classrooms, a state-of-the-art Clinical Simulation Center, and a Surgical Skills Laboratory.