A group of smiling students posing together
Student Life
May 15, 2020 VOL 22 NO 1

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.

Mary Finta
Student Life
July 29, 2019 VOL 21 NO 2

Following Her Mother’s Footsteps

Mary Finta, a 2019 MD graduate in the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine, followed her passion for rural medicine back to her hometown, where she trained in the same place where her mother has been a physician for 30 years.

Students using great focus to practice applying a cast to a person's wrist and forearm
Student Life
January 23, 2019 VOL 20 NO 4

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.

A student in an exam room environment
Student Life
July 20, 2018 VOL 20 NO 2

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.

Bucky Badger holding a stethoscope
Student Life
April 13, 2018 VOL 20 NO 1

Medical Students Thank Donors, Kick off House Cup Competition

In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day 2018, the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association staff hosted a gratitude-filled event, drawing medical students to write thank-you notes. Enthusiastic students gathered to share words of praise with the many donors who support the missions of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and its alumni association.

Middle and high school students attending the indigenous health and wellness day
Student Life
November 22, 2017 VOL 19 NO 3

Indigenous Health and Wellness Day

With a focus on blending elements of indigenous culture and college culture, the Native American Center for Health Professions welcomed 83 Native American middle and high school students from throughout Wisconsin to UW–Madison in late April 2017.

A medical student receives a stethoscope with a smile
Student Life
November 22, 2017 VOL 19 NO 3

Stethoscopes a Heartfelt and Symbolic Gift to New Medical Students

Dictionaries define stethoscopes in practical terms, but the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association added “symbolic gift” to the meaning — as generous alumni of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health bestow these tools upon entering medical students each fall.