Technology, Entrepreneurs Changing Healthcare Student Interest Group Aims To Spur Early Collaboration
The student group is looking to provide medical students with firsthand opportunities to experience the medical innovation process.
Pathway Programs Guide Health Care Professionals From Underrepresented Populations
School leaders realize that increasing the number of underrepresented minority students in the health care workforce relies upon getting more students into educational pathways.
Innovative Neurosurgery Teaching Techniques Benefit Patients
The Lincoln Ramirez Neurosurgery Operative Skills Laboratory, which opened in University Hospital’s K Tower in late 2018, is fulfilling its mission and already has been the source of about two dozen research papers.
Graduation Recap
Health professions students celebrated graduation on May 11, marking the end of one chapter and the beginning of a new one.
Native American Center for Health Professions Focuses on Recruitment, Training
The center is chipping away at decades of American Indian and Alaska Natives being under-represented in health professions.
Procedures Fair Offers Students Valuable Practice
The annual Procedures Fair provides students hands-on experience in many of the procedures that physicians, particularly in primary care, encounter regularly.
Deanna Benish Wins Max Fox Preceptor Award
A family practice physician who also does obstetrics at Reedsburg Area Medical Center, Benish has been a preceptor to fourth-year medical students since 2006; she has worked at the medical center since 2001.
Master of Science in Biotechnology Program
A master's degree program designed for professionals is contributing to Wisconsin's thriving biotechnology industry and furthering the School of Medicine and Public Health's commitment to translating research discoveries to practical application.
Reflecting on a Career in Rural Medicine
Byron Crouse, founding director of the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine, may have recently retired but his tireless efforts to improve rural health in Wisconsin will leave a lasting impact.
Preparing Medical Students for Internships
The School of Medicine and Public Health's ForWard Curriculum includes a required Internship Preparation Course that provides practical know-how and interpersonal communication skills essential for students to assume responsibility for patient care in their internships.
Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health
New leadership and curriculum have bolstered the legacy of the School of Medicine and Health's specialized training program that prepares future doctors to practice in underserved urban areas.
Milestones in Genetic Counseling
In May, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health’s Master of Genetic Counselor Studies program will graduate its 40th class. It’s a major milestone by any standards, even if you consider that UW–Madison’s program was the first in the Midwest and the eighth in the United States.