Wingra Clinic Pilots Group Visits for Patients with Chronic Pain
At the Wingra Clinic, Beth Potter, MD, (above, left) and Access Community Health Centers behavioral health fellow Audra Wagaman, PsyD, piloted a group [...]
‘Whole Health’ Model Piloted at Arboretum Clinic
Integrative Health (IH) faculty are piloting the “Whole Health” model at the UW Health Arboretum Clinic.“This model focuses on what matters most to [...]
Asking Different Questions: Rachel Grob Co-authors New CAHPS Patient Narrative Protocol
DFMCH senior scientist Rachel Grob, MA, PhD, helped developed a new patient narrative elicitation protocol that supplements the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey. [...]
How a UW-Developed Human Factors Model Can Help Improve Primary Care Teams
Marlon Mundt, PhD, above left, and Matthew Swedlund, MD, above right, investigated how team-based primary care delivery could be improved using human factors [...]
Madison Residency Leadership Transitions
The UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s (DFMCH) Madison residency program welcomed Ildi Martonffy, MD, as its new director on March 1, [...]
CIHR Fellow Evaluates Feasibility of “Social Prescriptions” for College Students
DFMCH complementary and integrative health research Maggie Grabow, PhD, MPH, is investigating whether “social prescriptions” for healthy eating and increased exercise can help [...]
Teaching Osteopathic Medicine to MDs
A new elective launched this year in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s (DFMCH) Madison residency program offers allopathic residents, fellows and [...]
Madison Residency Pilots New Mindfulness-Based Resident Wellness Curriculum
A novel training curriculum involving an adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program aims to promote resilience and prevent burnout among first-year residents in the UW [...]
Whole Health Initiative Enters Next Phase with New Contract and Courses, VHA Visit
The DFMCH’s integrative health team met with key leaders from the Veterans Health Administration and Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation to discuss [...]
Study Explores Pharmacists’ Role in Addressing Opioid Epidemic
Wisconsin pharmacists recognize that opioid risk screening, overdose prevention education and naloxone dispensing in the pharmacy setting may help address the opioid misuse epidemic in [...]