Training Opportunities
The University of Wisconsin PPC offers a variety of training and research opportunities for long and short term students and fellows in the midwest region:
- Long-term trainees participate in 300 hours or more of training and may earn academic credit. These positions typically provide a stipend or tuition reimbursement and are available to nursing, nutrition, pharmacy, respiratory care and social work.
- Short-term trainee opportunities vary based on students interests and time commitments.
- Fellowships are available for physicians in pediatric pulmonary and involve a comprehensive three year training program and may provide a salary and benefit package.
- Graduate and post-graduate trainee opportunities are available in nursing, nutrition, pharmacy and social work.
We are seeking exceptional trainees who will develop and enhance their ability to:
- Demonstrate clinical excellence
- Incorporate the public health principles of health promotion and disease prevention
- Demonstrate understanding of public and private systems of care
- Demonstrate administrative management and strategic planning
- Participate in advocacy and legislative process
- Integrate principles of coordinated, family-centered care into practice
- Incorporate principles of culturally sensitive and linguistically competent care into practice
- Establish and maintain community based linkages
- Apply interdisciplinary team skills
- Demonstrate effective education and communication skills
- Utilize information technology
Opportunities for trainees and collaboration are diverse and can be tailored to the interests of the individual. Current projects include:
- Developing an asthma clinic in an underserved urban setting
- Creating on-line, interactive continuing education offerings
- Developing and marketing a program aimed at providing a coordinated transition from pediatric to adult care
- Creating a family advisory counsel and increasing family involvement
- Enhancing collaborative relationships with other MCHB programs in Region V including UW LEND, University of Minnesota, and the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health