Medical College of Wisconsin Central Wisconsin Psychiatry Residency Program
We are an ACGME accredited program that is part of an initiative of the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) to develop medical resources in the underserved areas of the state of Wisconsin. MCW established the MCW-Central Wisconsin Medical School Campus in Wausau with a class of 26 students in 2016 and graduated its first class in 2019. The Central Wisconsin Psychiatry Residency Program is another step in the direction to provide resources where they are most needed throughout the entire state.
Why become a resident at MCW?
A Message From Our Director | Robert Gouthro, MD, Assistant Professor
Building on the Medical College of Wisconsin’s (MCW) community education focus, the MCW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health opened the doors of two rural-based Wisconsin psychiatric residencies in 2017. Although both residencies have their own identities, they share a similar goal of educating tomorrow’s psychiatrists in the locations where they are most needed. Being the rural-most MCW psychiatry residency, the Central Wisconsin Psychiatry Program is fully geared toward instilling the knowledge base and ability needed to care for the mental health needs of patients in rural areas and beyond. Such a defined focus will not decrease a prospective applicant’s educational opportunities; but, rather quite the opposite. Graduates of our program have the practical experiences needed to be psychiatric providers--functioning and lending consultation to other disciplines and serving in geographic areas of most any size. A broad-based psychiatric training allows our graduates to care for a wide range of diagnoses in settings which may not have access to psychiatric specialists.
Unsurprisingly, given its name, the Central Wisconsin Psychiatry Program is based in the communities of Central Wisconsin: Wausau, Rhinelander, Ashland and Tomah. Given the collaborative relationships with our sister programs, specialized rotation opportunities include training in Milwaukee and Madison. With the variety of training opportunities, the program offers a tremendous balance of small, big, community, and academic settings.
If you are interested in the opportunity to train and serve in areas of need and to draw upon the wealth of resources of the Medical College of Wisconsin; if you would like a big city educational experience yet desire to live in a smaller city with strong schools, easy access to a wide variety of outdoor and recreational activities, an emphasis on quality of life and community, we invite you to consider the Central Wisconsin Psychiatry Program.
Our Mission
- We are committed to educating exemplary psychiatrists.
- We enhance our communities by providing outstanding psychiatric care in the rural and urban settings we serve.
- We respond to the needs of the medically underserved.
- We strive to create an inclusive learning and work environment that promotes the dignity and respect of our residents, faculty, staff, patients, and communities.
- We strive to be responsive to the changing needs of the communities that we serve.
- We strive to prepare clinicians to be culturally competent, to provide culturally competent clinical care and to promote culturally responsive research.
A Day in the Life of a Rural Psychiatry Resident
Alexandra Reischman, MD, PGY-3, Chief Resident, shares her experiences as a resident in the MCW-Central Wisconsin Psychiatry Residency Program.
Program Information
Contact Us
MCW-Central Wisconsin
1900 Westwood Dr., Suite 3100
Wausau, WI 54401-4106
