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Medical Student Elective Goal The goal of this elective is to provide the student with the opportunity to observe common conditions that affect heart, lung, esophagus and intrathoracic contents that are treated in a surgical fashion. Most commonly, this will involve coronary artery disease and valvular heart disease, lung cancer, emphysema, esophageal cancer, and esophageal reflux. Objectives At the conclusion of this week, the student will be able to: Perform a comprehensive history and physical exam pertaining to the cardiac and pulmonary systems. Describe the management of common cardiac

Websites Auscultation Assistant Different characteristics of heart murmurs and breath sounds http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/intro.html Cleveland Clinic Heart Center Information about specific research topics including the online magazine "Cardiac Consult" and annual statistics regarding cardiovascular surgery http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter Heart Site Learn about the diagnosis, treatment and prefention of heart disease http://www.heartsite.com

SIU Medicine, Salvation Army partner for clinic On a cold December day, a man staying at the winter warming shelter found out from a friend that free walk-in health services were available at SIU Medicine. Homeless, just recently returned to central Illinois from Oregon and in need of a primary care physician to help with ADD, he ventured over to SIU Medicine’s recently established clinic at the Salvation Army on Clear Lake. After a walk-in visit and another two follow-up appointments, it’s helped steady his life. “He's been doing so well since then,” said Lauren Harbison, a program services

Participants will hear the latest in Alzheimer’s disease research, tips for caregivers at each stage of the disease and recommendations for managing dementia-related behaviors at SIU Medicine’s annual Memory Loss Conference for family, friends, care partners and persons with dementia. The free program will be held 8:30 am – 4:30 pm on Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation, 228 W. Miller St., Springfield. The Neuroscience Institute’s Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders and the Alzheimer’s Association are presenting the public event, which is made

I met Jennifer Hammonds, LCSW, when I was in high school in West Frankfort, Ill., through her work on SIU School of Medicine’s Care-A-Van – a school health clinic on wheels that serves high schools in rural southern Illinois, including my alma mater. This is an edited version of our conversation about funding battles, the pandemic’s effects on issues mental and material and the overlooked importance of high-quality adolescent health care. - Olivia Weeks What’s a Care-A-Van? About 16 years ago our Carbondale area residency program director for Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s

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SIU Center for Family Medicine – Decatur is seeking three new physicians: Assistant professor of clinical family and community medicine – Director of Pharmacy Education ID#: SMS-2621 Assistant professor of clinical family and community medicine ID#: SMS-2501 Assistant professor of clinical family and community medicine ID#: SMS-2503 To learn more or to apply, visit https://siumed.hiretouch.com/physicians--clinical-faculty and select “Decatur.” The Center for Family Medicine –Decatur is also hiring for several civil service positions, including: RN charge RN clinic nurse RN extra help

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Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy (PSP) works to understand the health challenges of people in central and southern Illinois and provides innovative, sustainable solutions to improve health in their communities. PSP is invited into communities by local stakeholders and changemakers to identify and pull together resources; provide workshops, focus groups and community training; collect and organize data; conduct community needs assessments; identify and implement solutions to improve health; and inform and improve local, state and

What are Careers in Medicine? This is a program for medical students that will, over the four years of their career at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, assist students in making a specialty choice appropriate to their needs. It will also prepare students to develop goals for the type of practice they would like to enter upon completion of residency. Who designed the program? This program was jointly developed by the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges to assist medical students with developing their careers as physicians. Southern