Rural Project Examples: Physicians

Wisconsin Collaborative for Rural Graduate Medical Education

Updated/reviewed October 2022

• Need: Primary care physicians in the rural areas of Wisconsin.
• Intervention: A GME collaborative was created that provides leadership, technical assistance, and support for expanding rural graduate medical education in Wisconsin.
• Results: The collaborative expanded rural graduate medical education opportunities which now include over 20 rural training programs. There are several residencies and fellowship opportunities in specialties ranging from family medicine to surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry, and more.