We look to bring as much real life exposure to as many students possible. By teaming up with local high schools, we provide students with hands on experiences, that can include visits to healthcare facilitates in the area we serve. Hands on Health Days start with students meeting with healthcare professionals for an individual job shadow to explore a variety of healthcare careers. Students then participate in healthcare simulations in the world class simulation labs at the In

Today's Rural Health Tour, consisted of 43 Viterbo senior nursing students exploring rural and public health first hand, as part of their public health nursing course. Students visited CouleeCap, where they learned about the struggles families in poverty face, as well as available resources in the region. Next stop was to the Vernon County Health Department to explore Vernon County and the daily work of a public health nurse. From there, the group visited Vernon Memorial Hosp

Dr. Conway has an active clinical consulting practice managing pediatric infectious disease patients, as well as directing the pediatric infectious diseases fellowship training program. He is also one of the associate directors for the UW-Madison Global Health Institute, focused on developing the next generation of health science students into leaders. He recognizes the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to collaborative engagement to address health disparities worldw

Where are you originally from? Lacrosse, WI Where did you attend/or currently are attending school? (high school, university, etc) Holmen High School What are your future career/school goals? I have some ideas, and it's all up in the air right now, but I plan on going to a college or university and studying healthcare or engineering. What was your first experience with AHEC and what did you learn from it? ​​My first experience with AHEC was doing all these different team buil