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Madison Clinical Sites

Family Medicine Center

Residents establish a continuity practice at one of four family medicine centers (FMCs). Each FMC has patients of all ages with a wide range of medical problems.

All four FMCs feature:

An electronic medical record system
Access to the Internet, Medline, and the UW Hospital clinical and medical information system
Opportunities for residents to teach medical students, fellow residents, and other learners
A full range of medical care, including maternity care, home care, and nursing home coverage
Libraries with reference books and other educational resources
Provision of a broad range of procedures

Each FMC staff also includes:

Faculty whose primary responsibility is residency education
Faculty and residents who teach medical students and/or conduct research
Nurse practitioners and/or physician assistants and behavioral science faculty members who participate in patient care, teaching and administration
A clinic manager actively involved in practice management teaching
Family physician faculty proficient in a wide range of procedures and
Family physician faculty with expertise in specific areas

UW Health Belleville Family Medical Clinic

» Belleville Family Medical Clinic

6 residents (2 per year)
Practice setting: Rural
10,000 visits/year

Located 19 miles southwest of Madison in the small town of Belleville, this center is the only medical practice in the community. It serves a large geriatric population and a growing younger population.

Residents gain additional geriatric experience at a nursing home located eight miles from the center. Center staff are actively involved in several community health projects, such as the Belleville Community Health Improvement Plan (BCHIP), a program to improve the health of all members of the Belleville community; and the annual community-wide UFO Day Fun Run/Walk.

UW Health Northeast Family Medical Center

» Northeast Family Medical Center

12 residents (4 per year)
Practice setting: Urban
23,000 visits/year

Northeast Family Medical Center is a large facility near Madison's airport. It serves a culturally and socioeconomically diverse community, including many Southeast Asian, African American, and Latino patients.

Through videotaping and observation, residents are trained to provide patients with culturally competent services. Residents also coordinate closely with health, social service, and education agencies, and participate in community education and service activities.

In addition, residents at the center receive training in laboratory procedures and practice management. An otolaryngologist and the pharmacy staff who are co-located at the facility also participate in resident education.

UW Health Verona Clinic

» Verona Clinic

12 residents (4 per year)
Practice setting: Suburban/Rural
19,000 visits/year

This center is located 10 miles southwest of Madison in the rapidly growing suburb of Verona. It serves young families and a large elderly population.

Residents care for patients with a variety of acute and chronic diseases. With several small industries in the area, residents are also gain experience with minor trauma and work injuries.

UW Health Wingra Family Medical Center

» Wingra Family Medical Center

12 residents (4 per year)
Practice setting: Suburban/Rural
19,000 visits/year

This center is located in south central Madison. It serves a culturally and socioeconomically diverse community, including Southeast Asian, African American, and a substantial number of Latino patients.

The center participates in health fairs to help increase underserved children's access to preventive care and immunizations. Residents at the center also gain clinical experience with older adults through a relationship with an area nursing home.

Additional on-site faculty and staff include a psychologist, pharmacist, and physician assistants. The center is also an educational site for UW-Madison medical students, physician assistants, and pharmacy students.

Hospitals

For many students, an important consideration in choosing a program is whether they prefer a setting in which the only full-time house staff are family medicine residents, or a hospital with multiple residency programs.

Because the Madison residency is a university program primarily located in a community hospital, our residents benefit from the best of both worlds. Our residency combines the "high-touch" community hospital flavor of St. Mary's with the strengths of being part of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics and the School of Medicine and Public Health.

St. Mary's Hospital (SMH)

» St. Mary's Hospital Web site

Regional community hospital
330 beds
430 physicians
25,000 inpatients per year

A Solucient "Top 100" hospital, St Mary's Hospital is a major regional medical center offering state-of-the-art care. The Family Medicine department is the largest section in the hospital, and family medicine residents are the only full-time graduate medical trainees.

Family physicians routinely receive privileges to practice the full range of family medicine at St. Mary's, including obstetrics, intensive care medicine, and specialized procedures. The case mix is typical of a full-service community hospital, and residents are respected as important members of the health care team. Residents staff the intensive care unit, obstetrics, pediatrics, the family medicine service, and other key areas.

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (UWHC)

» University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Web site

Tertiary care hospital
484 beds
Over 800 active medical staff
17,000 inpatients per year

UWHC has been rated as one of the top 50 hospitals in the country for the past decade. All of our teachers are UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) faculty, and we take full advantage of the variety of opportunities offered by the SMPH and university environment.

Residents spend three months on the UWHC Family Medicine inpatient service, a "self-contained" service in which our own academic and clinical faculty are the attending physicians and our senior residents lead the team.

Residents also rotate in the emergency department, and have many opportunities for elective rotations at UWHC specialty clinics.

Rural Hospitals

First-year residents are assigned to one of the following community rural hospitals for their community emergency medicine rotation and rural surgery preceptorship: