Based in Madison, Wisconsin, the UW Preventive Medicine Residency provides residents wide variety of robust educational experiences. Master in public health coursework is completed at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, the nation’s only integrated school of medicine and public health.
Additionally, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics and adjacent William S. Middleton Veterans Memorial Hospital (VA) afford ample opportunity to gain first-hand experience in quality improvement, health systems management and clinical preventive services.
Madison is the home of Wisconsin’s largest public university, UW-Madison, and offers residents insight into the unique health care needs of a large university campus. Madison is also home to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and residents can experience how research is synthesized into public health initiatives and statewide policies.
The University of Wisconsin Preventive Medicine Residency Program offers a comprehensive approach to education, combining clinical, didactic, health care systems and public health systems training.
During the two-year program, residents gain hands-on experience in applied public health and population medicine through various practicum and clinical rotations, including at state and local public health departments, accountable care organizations, community health clinics and large hospital systems.
Additionally, all residents receive ongoing didactic training in preventive medicine and general public health throughout the program and residents without a prior master of public health degree (or equivalent education) complete coursework to obtain one from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Each year, the Preventive Residency Program accepts two residents who have completed at least one year of clinical training. Upon completion of the residency program, residents are expected to be eligible for the public health and general preventive medicine board exam administered by the American Board of Preventive Medicine.
Program Aims
- Recruit and retain exceptional residents with diverse backgrounds and demonstrated public health interests and experience.
- Develop and maintain faculty to support diverse educational opportunities for preventive medicine residents.
- Train our residents to have the necessary skills to improve performance and outcomes of public health and health care systems.
- Maintain long-term, sustainable funding for the PMR program.
For more information about the program, please contact Kelly Coffey, Program Manager.