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Residency training is a time of tremendous personal and professional growth. It can also be very stressful. Residency training has long been identified as a high risk time for symptomatic levels of stress, burnout and depression. Between 22 and 43% of residents experience some level of depression during residency and 50-75% suffer from burnout. Suicide, although quite rare, is a leading cause of death among residents. If you have concerns about a resident’s level of wellness, please talk to them and encourage them to seek help. If you have concerns about a resident’s suicide risk, consult with

“I'm a third-generation healer. My father is a physician; my grandmother delivered babies. It's part of my path and I want to honor this legacy.” Wendi Wills El-Amin, MD, is also a third-generation educator. Both her grandfather and mother were science teachers. Her work in academia is not only an extension of her father's work, but it also mirrors her mother's magnetic way of teaching neighborhood kids about the sciences. She can remember asking many questions while she sat on her skateboard, surrounded by neighborhood boys who gathered for “science Saturdays.” Before STEM was in style, many

The Adult Hearing Aid Center at 2659 West Lawrence Springfield, IL has CLOSED. Patients who received care at this office will now be treated at the Ear Nose and Throat Clinic/Hearing and Balance Center, 720 N. Bond Street, Springfield, IL 62702. Please call 217-545-8000 to make an appointment or you need directions.

ADULTS We will test your hearing and speech understanding both with and without your hearing aids to determine if you could benefit from an implant. Testing is performed by an audiologist who specializes in advanced hearing care. You should bring your recent hearing tests and your hearing aids to your appointment. If you do not have hearing aids – or – if your current aids are not appropriate for your hearing loss, a trial period with new devices will be offered. This step is required by the FDA to ensure that candidates for implantation are selected appropriately. If the audiologist feels

A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted device for people who cannot benefit from hearing aids. 1. A device that looks like a small hearing aid fits behind the ear and is held in place on the scalp by a magnet. 2. The internal device is surgically placed under the scalp and sends the signals from the external processor through a small array of electrodes to the inner ear. 3. The signals through the electrodes stimulate the hearing nerve allowing the brain to perceive sound.

What is an Audiologist? An audiologist is a health care professional who works with patients who have hearing, balance, and other ear related problems. They examine patients of all ages and diagnose, treat, and monitor disorders of the auditory or vestibular (balance) systems. If a patient is not able to hear within normal limits, the audiologist is able to fit the patient with hearing aids or map a cochlear implant for those patients with severe to profound hearing loss. An audiologist counsels a patient and the patient’s family through a diagnosis of hearing loss, offering instruction for

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 in 25 pregnancies are affected by a pregnancy complication known as preeclampsia . If left undetected and untreated, preeclampsia can lead to serious and even fatal problems for a mother and her unborn child. Keep reading to learn more. What is preeclampsia? Preeclampsia (pre-e-CLAMP-si-a) is defined as persistent high blood pressure that develops during pregnancy, usually after the 20th week of gestation. In rare instances, it can also develop after pregnancy during the postpartum period. If left untreated

PBL is a learner-centered educational method In PBL, learners are progressively given more and more responsibility for their own education and become increasingly independent of the teacher for their education. PBL produces independent learners who can continue to learn on their own in life and in their chosen careers. The responsibility of the teacher in PBL is to provide the educational materials and guidance that facilitate learning. PBL is based on real world problems PBL is based on the messy, complex problems encountered in the real world as a stimulus for learning, integrating, and