Building Community and Diversity are central to the mission of our department in meeting the health needs of the people of Wisconsin and beyond through excellence in education, research, and patient care. We are actively working to develop physician leaders who are fundamentally invested in advancing health and health equity by respecting the rights, dignity, and differences of all.
We feel it is essential to engage in efforts to dismantle racism and other contributors to health care disparities. To this end, the Department of Emergency Medicine is committed to:
- Supporting a team of providers and staff in the emergency department that is reflective of our community in an effort to decrease health disparities.
- Providing dedicated, culturally sensitive, evidence-based training to develop clinicians who understand the needs of manifold and underrepresented populations.
- Educating and training ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse clinicians.
- Studying ethnic and racial disparities in health care, societal patterns of health inequity, and social needs contributing to disease, as well as developing solutions to decrease these disparities.
- Cultivating and maintaining an open, inclusive, and respectful learning and working environment.
If you are a student interested in shadowing or learning about a career in Emergency Medicine, please email our Clerkship Manager, Niki Hagen at nrhagen@medicine.wisc.edu.
