The April 2021 newsletter will include the Match 2021, Spring hospital highlight, Medicine: Rural Point of View, Professional Development, WCRGME news, and upcoming events. |
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Spring Hospital Highlight |
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Door County Medical Center |
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Site: Door County Medical Center
Location: Sturgeon Bay, WI (43 miles from Green Bay, 237 miles from Eau Claire, 183 miles from Madison, 156 miles from Milwaukee)
Rotation Specialties: Family Practice, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Orthopedics, Pediatrics
Housing available: Yes
For more than 75 years, Door County Medical Center (DCMC) has been the leader in health and wellness for Door and Kewaunee counties. Our integrated medical center provides a wide range of specialties, including Primary Care, General Surgery, the Women’s and Children’s Center, the Door Orthopedic Center, Behavioral Health, the Door County Cancer Center, a skilled nursing facility, and rehabilitation services facilities among others. With its main campus in Sturgeon Bay and satellite clinics and rehabilitation services facilities in other smaller communities, DCMC provides expert care, close to home. More than 175 physicians serve on the medical staff. Visit www.dcmedical.org for more information. A unique opportunity to work in an area where people from all over the country desire to vacation.
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Medicine: Rural Point of View |
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A new project for medical students was launched this past year which is designed to increase the awareness and interest of medical students to consider training and then practicing rural medicine. |
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Medicine: Rural Point of View showcases not only unique medical cases seen in rural clinics/hospitals, but also broader health disparities topics such as COVID-19, opioids, mental health, obesity, transportation, food deserts, advocacy, etc. One twist of this project is that in addition to community preceptors, we asked residents of both rural training track/pathways programs and urban residencies of the Family Medicine, Psychiatry, General Surgery, and OB/Gyn specialties to be presenters and to apply their topic with a rural point of view. Five one-hour virtual presentations were scheduled for the 20/21 academic year over the lunch hour which are listed below. While residents benefit by gaining teaching experience and scholarly activity, medical students receive the benefits of guidance and opinions from residents as well as learning first-hand about rural medicine.
Planning will start soon for the upcoming academic year. If you are interest in presenting or if you know a rural preceptor or resident who would inspire medical students to pursue rural training with a presentation, please contact Jennifer Crubel at [email protected].
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October 13, 2020 - Nicole Tobin, MD – PGY2 UW General Surgery Rural Track
January 12, 2021 - Taylor Boland Rigby, MD – PGY3 UW FM Rural Health Equity Track (RHET)
February 9, 2021 - Kristin Lyerly, MD – OB/Gyn Physician at Women’s Care of WI
March 9, 2021 - Cancelled
April 13, 2021 – Nicholas Squires, MD – PGY3 UW FM RHET
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Professional Development Funds Available |
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WCRGME, in partnership with WRPRAP, is pleased to announce there is funding available for Professional Development activities designed to prepare our partner Rural and Community Primary Care physicians, staff, coordinators, and facilities for success in training future medical providers. Examples of activities eligible for funding include:
- Attendance at professional meetings/conferences
- Professional webinars
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Customizable professional development activities to meet the needs of your facility. (If your facility is interested in a 1-2 hour training to be held at on-site at your location, the grant can help cover facilitation and coordination of the event.)
To be eligible for funding, your program must be a recipient of WRPRAP funds (either Organizational or Transitional). Please see our website for more information. You’ll see there is a lot of flexibility for what these funds will cover and the application process is very simple!
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WCRGME Video Production Project |
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The WCRGME video production project is continuing into 2021. Last year, WCRGME visited the rural residency programs in Baraboo, Elkhorn, Monroe and the Amery/New Richmond areas to create the promotional videos that we have available to view on the WCRGME YouTube channel. This year, we will complete the video production program by creating additional promotional videos for each of the rural WI fellowship programs in Monroe, Walworth, Rice Lake and Rhinelander. WCRGME and Spoken Frame Media visited Monroe Clinic in February to gather the remaining footage needed to create their fellowship program video. We will be moving on to Rice Lake and Walworth this spring. Stay tuned to the WCRGME social media pages for more behind-the-scene moments from production.
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WCMEW Launches Clinical Training Hub Webpage |
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WCMEW has a new page on its website. The Clinical Training Hub was created to provide information about available health care education and training programs and sites where students can fulfill their clinical training experiences.
Medical, nursing, physician assistant, and pharmacy schools offer the classroom curricula that provide the foundation for student learning; and health care organizations – hospitals, clinics, and health systems – provide the facilities and teachers that give the opportunities for students to have their patient care training experiences (clinical sites).
If you would like more information, please contact George Quinn at [email protected] or 608-333-4335.
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Helpful Resource to Support Medical Writing |
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Recently Published from Sonal Chandratre, MD |
“How to Get Published Without Doing Research: A Step-by-Step Guide for Scientific and Medical Writers”
Lucid, specific, and practical, this book is aimed at encouraging scientific and medical writers to get published by doing minimal to no data collection. It includes easy-to-follow templates of various publication categories and clear-cut directions on developing these templates into effective manuscripts.
This is a smart addition to your book collection if you work (or are in training for) in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, public health or in doctorate education. This is a great resource for medical students, residents, fellows, PhD candidates, researchers, junior faculty and others as they seek mentorship in medical writing!
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DHS releases RFAs for rural health grants |
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Grants will be effective July 1, 2021. More information about each grant is provided below. |
Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) Training Grant:
- APC grants are designed to expand clinical training opportunities for Physician Assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in rural Wisconsin in order to increase access to health care in rural areas. The APC grant period is one year. The maximum amount per successful application is $50,000.
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The RFA is available here: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/contracts/advanced-practice-clinician-training.htm
- Applications are due May 7, 2021.
Allied Health Professional (AHP) Education and Training Grant:
- AHP grants are intended to expand education and training opportunities for individuals in high need, high demand allied health occupations in order to support rural hospitals and clinics in meeting the need for qualified professionals. The maximum amount per successful application is $125,000 per year. The length of the grant is one or two years.
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The RFA is available here: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/contracts/allied-health-professional-education-and-training.htm
- Applications are due May 7, 2021.
Graduate Medical Education (GME) Program Development Grant:
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Monday, May 17
10:00 AM-11:30 AM CST
Thursday, August 5
12:00 – 1:00 pm CST
Thursday, September 30 & Friday, October 1
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Wisconsin Family Medicine Program Directors Virtual Forum
MEAC (Medical Education Administrators & Coordinators) Webinar
2021 Rural & Community Medical Educators Virtual Conference & Poster Fair
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