MARSHFIELD – Since 1927, Marshfield Clinic Health System and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health have collaborated to educate the next generation of medical providers in Marshfield. In recognition of that partnership, the Marshfield campus now will be called Marshfield Clinic Health System/Northern Academic Campus.
The two organizations celebrated the name change May 29 in Marshfield, with educational talks, site visits with providers and professors, and a recognition reception.
“After almost a century of partnership, thousands of our students have received their education and on-site training at Marshfield,” said Dr. Robert Golden, dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, in a news release. “Marshfield Clinic’s network of rural clinical practices provides students with robust training opportunities.”
Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield is a clinical campus for UW-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health, providing third and fourth-year UW-Madison medical students in clerkship rotations in Eau Claire, Marshfield, Minocqua, Rice Lake and Wausau. Junior year clerkships include obstetrics/gynecology, medicine, pediatrics, and primary care. Senior medical students work with patients under the supervision of physicians and do rotations in family practice, pediatrics, gynecology, psychiatry and surgery.
Since 2009, Marshfield Clinic Health System has been part of Wisconsin Academy of Rural Medicine (WARM) program. Third and fourth year UW medical students learn and work at rural clinics in an effort to attract them to serving rural communities.
