Medical Student Education
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is committed to providing medical students at all levels of training with a rich and rewarding educational experience.
What do we offer?
- Phase 1-2: We offer many opportunities for medical students to participate in the OB Medical Student Interest Group events scheduled throughout the year, including faculty, fellow, and resident panels and skills workshops.
- Phase 2: medical students spend 12 weeks on the Care Across the Life Cycle block.
- Phase 3: medical students can participate in the OB Inpatient Acting Internship, OB Ambulatory Acting Internship, and various electives.
What do we offer for visiting medical students?
- We offer (1) four-week 4th year visiting medical student rotation in September (9/1-9/25/2020) for our OB Hospitalist elective. A competitive application process opens Feb. 15-March 15, 2020. The accepted candidate receives a $3000 stipend to support participation in this rotation.
- Application Criteria
- All applicants must be full-time medical students in good academic standing at LCME accredited medical schools, AND a United States or Canadian citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
- Application Process
- Submit the following documentation by March 15, 2020 to jmshort@wisc.edu.
- Curriculum Vitae
- USMLE 1 Score Documentation (COMLEX not accepted)
- A letter of interest addressed to the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Medical Education.
- The selected candidate will be notified by April 1, 2020 and has 1 week to accept the offer.
- The candidate is then required to apply via the Visiting Student Application Service (VSAS) and be accepted by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health no later than May 1, 2020.
- Once accepted, the candidate cannot withdraw. Note: should emergent circumstances require the student to forego participation in this elective, all funds received by the student must be refunded to the UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
- Submit the following documentation by March 15, 2020 to jmshort@wisc.edu.
- Payment Process
- A stipend of $3000 will be paid to the candidate by August 1, 2020.
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Contact Us
Role title: Phase II Director
McConnell Hall, 4th Floor
1010 Mound Street
Madison, WI, 53715
Role title: Care Across the Life Cycle: Assistant Block Leader
McConnell Hall, 4th Floor
1010 Mound Street
Madison, WI, 53715
Role title: Medical Student Coordinator
Meriter Hospital, Room: 5East
202 S. Park (Meriter)
Madison, WI, 53715
Email: awildenberg@wisc.edu Phone number: 608-262-7659