About TRIUMPH
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has developed an urban medicine training program, Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health (TRIUMPH), in response to the shortage of physicians in urban areas of Wisconsin.
A report produced by the Wisconsin Hospital Association and the Wisconsin Medical Society states, "After reviewing existing data and analysis, the task force concluded that an unmet current need exists for physician services and that the problem will likely grow worse in the future unless aggressively managed."
The urban medicine program was developed by UW School of Medicine and Public Health faculty in Madison and Milwaukee. The program was piloted during the 2008-09 academic year with six third-year medical students.
The first cohort of seven students graduated in May 2011 and eight new students started the program in January 2011. The Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health program will accommodate more students in the years ahead.
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Reports
"Who Will Care For Our Patients? Wisconsin Takes Action to Fight a Growing Physician Shortage," a report by the Wisconsin Hospital Association and the Wisconsin Medical Society, March 2004 (pdf)
"Who Will Care For Our Patients? 2008 Update: Wisconsin Takes Action to Fight a Growing Physician Shortage," a report by the Wisconsin Hospital Association and the Wisconsin Medical Society (pdf)
"Connecting Ideas-Strategies for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Amplify the Wisconsin Idea"
2008 City of Milwaukee Community Health Assessment
TRIUMPH Brings Medicine and Public Health to the Inner City, feature story from the summer 2009 issue of Quarterly magazine
Milwaukee Health Report 2011 (pdf), developed by the Center for Urban Population Health
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