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MCW-Central Wisconsin Physician in the Community Scholarly Concentration

As a student at MCW-Central Wisconsin, you will reflect on the impact that social determinants of health have on patients’ lives and advocate for the overall health of the communities where you choose to practice. Throughout your medical school journey, you will develop relationships with community members across many professional disciplines and explore local health priorities through the Physician in the Community Scholarly Concentration.

Course Details

Potential Project Areas

  • Community educational programs
  • Community approaches to substance abuse
  • Disability Awareness and provider education
  • Early childhood development
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Healthy aging and Chronic Disease Management
  • Healthcare workforce development
  • Mental health
  • Refugee resettlement
  • Rural Health Disparities
  • Teen health and education
  • Women's health
  • Youth mentoring

Please email MCW-CWPIC@mcw.edu for more information

Education Opportunities

  • Stop the Bleed Training
  • Cranium Crew – Concussion Education for Teens
  • Do it for Dillon – EpiPen Community Training
  • Lyme Disease Prevention

Community Based Health Services

  • Blood Pressure Screenings
  • Influenza Vaccine Pop-Up Clinics
  • Diabetes Screenings

Community Partners

We partner with a wide variety of individuals and organizations in the Central Wisconsin area. Some of our community partners include:

  • Aging & Disability Resource Center
  • Aspirus Health
  • Bowler School District
  • D.C. Everest Area Public Schools
  • School District of Edgar
  • Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy
  • Healthfirst Network
  • Lac Du Flambeau Tribe
  • Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
  • LENA Start Marathon County
  • Marathon County Health Department
  • Providers and Teens Communicating for Health
  • St. Bernard Catholic Church
  • The Babies Place
  • The Neighbors Place
  • United Way of Marathon County
  • UW Physician Assistant Program
  • UW Stevens Point Department of Sociology and Social Work
  • Wausau Free Clinic
  • Wausau Public Schools
  • Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy & Service
  • The Women’s Community, Inc.

Student Project Showcase

Our goal is that all the students who train on the MCW-Central Wisconsin regional campus will be community-engaged physicians. This means that they will reflect on the impact that the social determinants of health have on their patients’ lives and advocate for the overall health of the communities where they choose to practice. Over the two-year Physician in the Community course, students have forged relationships with community members across many professional disciplines and have explored local health priorities.

Through their projects, the students have identified community needs, collaborated to design appropriate methods, and developed effective presentations.

Learn more about the exciting projects from the MCW-Central Wisconsin Student Concentrations Project Showcase:

Awards the program has received: AODA Spotlight Award, Student Poster Awards, MCW Presidential Award for Community Engagement (3), AAMC Group on Regional Medical Campuses Shining Star of Community Achievement

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