TRIUMPH Practice Sites
Students in the Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health gain valuable experience by learning at the following sites:
UW School of Medicine and Public Health Urban Medicine Teaching Sites
- Aurora Sinai Medical Center
- Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
- Clinics and community health centers and services for the uninsured
Community Health Project Sites
Urban health projects are developed in coordination with community sites. These community health sites have accommodated students for longitudinal projects:
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center: Students must speak Spanish. The Sixteenth Street Community Health Center provides health care, health education and social services to low-income residents of Milwaukee's culturally diverse south side. Comprehensive health services include adult and pediatric medicine, behavioral health services, women's health, HIV prevention and treatment and physical therapy.
Aurora School-Based Health Team-Milwaukee Public Schools: The Aurora school-based health program provides health care access for school-aged children. The program focuses on:
- Prevention and wellness
- Treating the chronically ill
- Creating healthier children and families
- Reducing injuries and illnesses
- Encouraging better school attendance and academic achievement
Bread of Healing Clinic: This Lutheran faith-based clinic provides free health care to the poor and uninsured at several church sites in central Milwaukee.
United Community Center (UCC): Spanish language skills preferred. The United Community Center provides a variety of health programs for Hispanics and near south side Milwaukee residents of all ages in health and human services, education, cultural arts, recreation and community development. Health programs include educational outreach to address obesity, diabetes and heart disease and programs to promote healthy lifestyles.
Other Sites That Host Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health Students
City on a Hill Health Clinic: This nondenominational faith-based health clinic provides holistic care to uninsured patients on the second Saturday of each month.
City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD): The Milwaukee Health Department is working to improve the health of Milwaukee residents through a variety of programs: school health, environmental health, infectious disease, STD, HIV and TB control, maternal and child health and case management. Students with meet with Geof Swain, MD, MPH, medical director of the MHD, and may choose to visit one program.
Milwaukee Area Health Education Center (AHEC): The Milwaukee Area Health Education Center serves southeast Wisconsin to connect school-age students to health careers health professionals to communities and communities to better health. Programs include diabetes and arthritis community health education; community health internships for high school, undergraduate and graduate college students; health career classroom presentations to middle and high school students; career mentoring and a youth health service volunteer program.