SAUK CITY – The Rural WI Health Cooperative announced the 26th Annual Rural Health Essay Competition. The $2,500 prize, established in 1993, is open to anyone who has been a student at the University of Wisconsin (UW) within the preceding year (all campuses, programs, undergraduate, graduate, resident, fellows, part-time, and non-degree included). The competition was …
By: Aaron Robinson Oshkosh – Aaron Robinson, an AHEC intern placed at Winnebago County’s Health Department, initiated a novel policy change that will allow for more accurate tracking of alcohol use to improve public health statewide. His internship was sponsored by AHEC’s Community Health Internship Program (CHIP) during summer 2012. Aaron Robinson worked with the “re:TH!NK” …
By: Jonathan Fricke MILWAUKEE — I lacked any “real” clinical medical skills the summer before medical school, interning as an arts program coordinator at the Aurora Adult Day Center, a place for people with age-related disabilities. So instead, I applied what tools I did have – my eyes and my ears. What I heard were firsthand …
By: Alissa Siegenthaler, Wisconsin AHEC statewide communications assistant WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Nic Werbeckes graduated from UW–Madison in May 2013 with a degree in dietetics. Desiring a career in a rural setting one day, Werbeckes’ future plans include medical school to pursue family medicine, internal medicine or pediatrics. Werbeckes was placed in Wood County in central Wisconsin …
By: Alissa Siegenthaler, AHEC statewide communications assistant ANTIGO – Victoria (Tori) Strutz is majoring in Kinesiology with a Business Management minor at UW-Oshkosh and, through CHIP, was the public health intern for Langlade County in summer 2013. Strutz was given the ability to work with a wide breadth of programs and areas in the community. Her …
Ross Johnson (Grant County / Scenic Rivers AHEC region) I was interested in my CHIP site (S.A.F.E. Grant County Coalition based out of the Grant County Health Department) because of the variety of projects they offered to help make Grant County a safer place to live. I was able to work directly with around 350 …
Linda Conlon (Oneida County Health Department / Northern Highland AHEC region) Oneida County Health Department values hosting CHIP interns for several reasons: To foster an environment and learning experience that promotes population-based health care through promotion and education initiatives and behavior-change programs in a variety of settings for the diverse populations represented in Oneida County. …
By: Megan Hakes, AHEC statewide communications assistant MAUSTON- Through her CHIP internship with the Juneau/Adams WIC program, UW–Madison graduate McKenzie Liegel realized her interest in food insecurity and childhood nutrition. Now looking into food distribution methods in Tennessee through AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), Liegel is grateful for the related experiences she had through …
By: Megan Hakes, AHEC statewide communications assistant CHIPPEWA FALLS –Now in her last semester in the UW-Eau Claire nursing honors program, Meagan Lechner’s focus is a combination of public health, women’s health, and obstetrics. When she discovered Chippewa County Department of Health’s breastfeeding promotion CHIP internship, she knew it was a perfect fit! Prior to her …
By Joel Davidson, South Central AHEC center director and Kari Steck, South Central AHEC health careers summer camp coordinator For 14 years, South Central Wisconsin AHEC, formerly Southwest Wisconsin AHEC, has been offering high school students in our region a chance to learn about wonderful careers in health care. Students hear directly from health care …
