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A new documentary airing Monday explores some of the ways UW-Madison is helping rural areas of Wisconsin meet their health care challenges.
The half-hour program, produced in partnership by Wisconsin Public Television and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, details several UW-Madison programs that improve health care for all residents of the state:
-The School of Medicine & Public Health’s Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine program that trains physicians to serve in rural areas. See https://news.wisc.edu/program-
-The School of Pharmacy’s residency track program that provides immersive training on the challenges unique to rural pharmacists. See https://news.wisc.edu/program-
-The School of Nursing’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Certificate program that helps serve mental health needs in rural areas. See https://news.wisc.edu/certific
Multiple UW-Madison sources are interviewed:
-Dr. Amy Kind, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
-Dr. Byron Crouse, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
-Dr. Gina Bryan, UW School of Nursing
-Dr. Ed Portillo, UW School of Pharmacy
-Dr. David Mott, UW School of Pharmacy
The program debuts Monday, April 8, at 9:30 p.m., and will show at several other times. See https://wptschedule.org/episod