Opportunities for medical students with the SIU Family Medicine Residency Program Alton Did you know that the word “doctor” is derived from the Latin, docco, which means “to teach?” Physicians certainly are teachers, in many ways, from the interactions they have with their patients and communities, to the interactions they have with each other and also those experiences with other medical learners. At our program, residents work with 3rd and 4th year medical students doing rotations in Family Medicine. Experiences may include, but are not limited to: Medical student Family Medicine clerkships