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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.