Indiana University School of Medicine - Northwest is one of eight regional medical centers in the statewide system of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Located on the Indiana University Northwest Campus in Gary, Indiana, it includes 15 full-time and several part-time faculty, more than 120 physician volunteers, a full-time medical librarian and nine research assistants. Currently, the IUSM-NW offers Indiana's only Problem-Based Learning medical curriculum, the Regional Center Alternative Pathway. Widely recognized as a highly innovative program, the Regional Center Alternative Pathway embraces a clinical approach to instruction of basic sciences to medicine by exposing freshman and sophomore students to medical cases which reflect the real-life situations and issues facing physicians. Admission to the medical school at the Indiana University School of Medicine - Northwest is through Indiana University School of Medicine and information about admission can be obtained through the admission office.
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Roman Dziarski, Ph.D., is a 2007-2008 Fellow of the Society of Innovators for Northwest Indiana
To find out more about the Society of Innovators for Northwest Indiana and Dr. Driarski's research go to http://www.innovatenow.us/wdkm_in/wcm/content/innovation_leadership/dziarski__roman_.jsp
To view the poster of Dr. Dziarski and his research team, go to Dziarski Gupta Research
Former IUSM-NW students selected for Gold Humanism Honor Society
Three member of the class of 2009, Sarah Brummett, Katie Calhoun, and Jordan Huskins were selected for membership in the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Congratulations to these very deserving students.
MSII Students Win Awards
The following awards were presented at the Sophomore Farewell Reception: Anna Mary Carpenter Pathology Award - Dustin Norton, Donald D. Macchia Pharmacology Award - Dustin Norton, CQI Award - Emma Nordstrom, Panayotis G. Iatridis Chronic Patient Award - Marissa Vawter, and Jerald Smith History and Physical Diagnosis Award - Nicole Randall. Congratulations to these student on their achievements and best wishes to the entire IUSM-NW class of 2010.
Chronic Patient program enters new phase (now called Student Health Care Team)
The chronic patient program was begun shortly after the PBL curriculum in 1990. In 2007 a pilot program was begun to form a medical team with a medical student, fourth year nursing student, and graduate social work student. Two teams were formed and their reports on their chronic patient were well received. With the formation of the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) at Indiana University Northwest, this program has been expanded beginning in the spring semester of 2008 and is now titled "Interprofessional Health Care Team". The first full set of team presentations on their patient will be presented to students and faculty of CHHS in March 2009. In September 2009, faculty from the CHHS introduced TeamSTEPPS , a program developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Department of Defense to provide strategies and tools to enhance performance and patient safety.
Virtual Tour of IUSM-NW Facilities
Take a virtual tour of our facilites and also view the reception held for our new facilities.
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