Wednesday, October 9, 2024

WCRGME October Newsletter

Rural Medical Training in Wisconsin Video

Just released! Check out our new video highlighting the many great rural residency programs throughout the state. Learn more about ‘Rural Medical Training in Wisconsin’ and why more residents and fellows are pursuing their training right here in Wisconsin.


Sites included in this video:

  • Western Wisconsin Health - Baldwin
  • Westfields Hospital & Clinics - Western Wisconsin - New Richmond
  • Gundersen Health System - La Crosse
  • ThedaCare Medical Center - Waupaca
  • SSM Health Monroe Hospital - Monroe
  • Upland Hills Health - Dodgeville
  • MercyHealth - Lake Geneva
  • Tamarack Health - Ashland Medical Center - Ashland
  • Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield
  • Ho-Chunk House of Wellness - Black River Falls
  • Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital - Rhinelander


A Day in the Life of a Rural Family Medicine Resident

Linnea Kruit, MD, PGY-3

Western Wisconsin Rural Family Medicine Residency

Westfields Hospital & Clinic, New Richmond, WI

2024 Faculty Development Conference





On September 20th we welcomed roughly fifty physicians, coordinators, residents and medical students to the 2024 Faculty Development Conference. We had a great day full of networking and learning.

2024 Rural Poster Fair

On September 19th, we held our 2024 Spotlight on Rural Poster Fair at the Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin. A number of excellent faculty, resident, and student posters were presented and attendees were asked to vote for the top 3 posters. Congratulations To Our Top 3! 🎉

🥇 1st Place: Bridging the Gap - Assessing the Service Needs and Gaps of Rural Communities in Brown County, Wisconsin by Tyson Kauffman, Medical College of Wisconsin - Green Bay

🥈 2nd Place: Addressing Social Determinants to Advance Health Equity in Rural Wisconsin: Identifying Shared Priorities of Communities, Family Medicine Physicians and University Groups by Sarah Hohl, Hazel Behling, Savanna Kiefer, Tomas Schlenker & Shelly Shaw, University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

🥉 3rd Place: Period Poverty within John Muir Middle School by Paige Botch, Erin Gruber & Amy Prunuske, PhD, Medical College of Central Wisconsin - Central Wisconsin

2024 Rural Champion

During the 2024 Spotlight on Rural Poster/Recruitment Fair, Dr. Elizabeth Abbas was awarded our fourth Rural Champion.


A rural champion demonstrates unwavering commitment to rural medicine training and practice in Wisconsin, and is dedicated to educating others about the importance of growing rural medicine in our communities.


Congratulations Dr. Abbas and thank you for all you have done and continue to do fostering rural GME and practice in Wisconsin!

2024 American Academy of Family Physicians Annual Conference

It was great to see many of our Wisconsin programs represented at this year's AAFP Annual Conference!




New Obstetrics Fellowship at Gundersen Health System

Gundersen Health System offers surgical obstetrics training to a new resident or a Family Medicine physician practicing inside or outside Gundersen. They are the first organization in Wisconsin to offer this kind of training.


Overview:

The Family Medicine OB Fellowship prepares physicians to deliver full-spectrum obstetric care where it’s needed most. During the year long program, you’ll expand your practice to manage low and high-risk pregnancies and perform operative vaginal and cesarean section births. You’ll learn from skilled clinicians including obstetricians, Family Medicine physicians, midwives and Maternal Fetal Medicine specialists in a world-class teaching hospital as well as a rural clinic to understand the unique needs of practicing in under-resourced communities. Gundersen believes in learning from each other, and they'll look to you to help teach the Family Medicine residents, medical students and regional obstetric providers.


Goals:

Patient care competence:

This fellowship trains physicians to triage obstetric complaints, manage labor; and handle antepartum, labor and postpartum complications, as well as manage high-risk pregnancies, first-trimester bleeding and miscarriage. 

Procedural competence:

You’ll finish the fellowship prepared to handle vaginal deliveries, including vaginal deliveries after cesarean section, vacuum-assisted vaginal deliveries, cesarean sections, dilation and curettages, and repair of perineal and vaginal lacerations.  


Benefits:

Learn more about the benefits offered here.


Learn More:

Learn more about the fellowship here.

Meet the 2024-2025 Fellow:


Nana Merabova, MD

PGY-4

MD: Yerevan State Medical University Named for Mkhitar Heratsi, Armenia

Residency: MCW-Prevea Family Medicine Residency Program, Green Bay, WI (PGY-3) & National Institute of Health, Yerevan, Armenia Obestetrics and Gynecology Residency Program


Upcoming Events

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

12:30 - 2:00 PM


Wednesday, January 8, 2025

10:00 - 11:00 AM


Wednesday, January 15, 2025

12:30 - 2:00 PM


February 20-22, 2025


Monday, March 10, 2025

12:30 - 2:00 PM


March 25-27, 2025


April 9-11, 2025


Bi-Monthly WCRGME Meeting



Rural GME Coordinators Network Meeting



Bi-Monthly WCRGME Meeting



2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference


Bi-Monthly WCRGME Meeting



Residency Leadership Summit


RMTC Annual Meeting

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