For Immediate Release

January 3, 2018

Contact: Jennifer Miller/Elizabeth Goodsitt (608) 266-1683

DHS Announces New Grants to Support Graduate Medical Education

The Medical Residency Programs help increase access to health care in rural and underserved areas

Grants totaling more than $2.9 million to support development of three new residency programs and eight new resident positions in current programs were announced today by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Launched in July 2014, the DHS Graduate Medical Education (GME) Initiative builds on numerous partnerships among hospitals and clinics, health systems and academic institutions to expand graduate medical education (GME) and helps  ensure access to quality health care in rural and other underserved areas of the state.

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