U.S. medical or D.O. students outside the UW School of Medicine and Public Health may request an elective at any of the five residency campuses or rural training tracks of the UW-Department of Family Medicine. Most sites are flexible. Students may request from one to four weeks time and may arrange for specific educational experiences offered by the site. Availability and the number of student slots varies at each site. We encourage you to make your plans early if you need a particular location or time period.

Beginning Fall, 2007: Visiting medical students do NOT have to pay registration fees for elective courses. Visiting DO (Osteopathic) students pay UW registration fees, but are reimbursed from WI Assoc. of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons (www.waops.org)

MADISON AREA

UW Family Medicine Residency Training Clinics - Course No. 370-920

Sites:

• Northeast Family Medicine Center, 3209 Dryden Drive, Madison
• Wingra Family Medical Center, 701 Dane Street, Madison
• Verona Family Practice Clinic, 100 N. Nine Mound Road, Verona

Affiliation: Clinics are affiliated with UW Hospital and St. Mary's Medical Center.

Personnel: Clinics are staffed by UW Family Medicine physician faculty, residents, family nurse practitioners, counselors, and psychologists.

Activities: Students spend most of the time seeing patients at the assigned clinic. Students also will provide patient care in emergency room, participate in deliveries and admission of patients to the hospital. They participate in morning hospital rounds and assume some calls with residents.

OUTSIDE THE MADISON AREA

Clinical Clerkship in Rural and Community Health Care - Course No. 370-927

Option 1: Rural Training Tracks (RTT). A RTT is an accredited, 3-year residency-training program in a rural area that prepares family physicians for rural practice. Each has two to six residents and is affiliated with a traditional family practice residency program.

• The following locations are available for medical student elective rotations: Antigo, Baraboo, Mauston, Menomonee, and Prairie du Chien.
• This clerkship will be very similar to the Madison-area Family Practice Residency Clinics experience, #370-920. Housing can be arranged.

Option 2: Students locate an acceptable family physician who agrees to supervise student in patient care activities in their practice. Objectives are: (1) Introduce students to community and family oriented medical care; (2) Teach students about health issues specific to communities, including issues of health care delivery.

Interstate UW Family Medicine Residency Training Clinics:

CLINIC LOCATIONS/COURSE NUMBERS -

Appleton
Fox Valley Family Health Center - Course No. 370-921
Eau Claire
Eau Claire Family Medical Clinic - Course No. 370-922
Milwaukee
St. Luke's Family Practice Center - Course No. 370-930
Wausau
Wausau Family Practice Center - Course No. 370-923

Students attending residency training programs at any of the above locations will have a training experience similar to what is provided by the Madison-Area Family Medicine Clinics.

Housing is generally available at all sites.

INSTRUCTIONS: APPLYING FOR A UW FAMILY MEDICINE ELECTIVE

Unfortunately, clinical training slots are limited; therefore, we need to pre-approve elective requests.

1. Submit on-line application/information form
2. Check the UW School of Medicine and Public Health Visiting Student website for information on registration requirements at: http://med.uwisc.org/visiting_clerkship_program/. Full course descriptions are also listed at this web site.
3. You will be notified whether your request can or cannot be accommodated.

Questions? Contact Dept. of Family Medicine, Phone: 608-263-1334, E-mail: omse.coordinator@fammed.wisc.edu