Current CHLE Projects

DFMCH Community Health Learning Experience Project List

CHLE Active Faculty Community Partnerships 

Patient Family Advisory Council (PFACs) - all residency clinics

• Partner with the Office of Community Health and Belleville Staff to develop a PFAC for the Belleville Clinic

• Lead faculty: Jennifer Edgoose sponsor

• Current resident(s): all residents starting with Class 2025

• Community Partners: all residency clinics

Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens (including Verona Clinic garden)

• Striving to help our neighbors by providing local fresh food pantries with fresh, nutritious, and culturally relevant vegetables. 

• Lead faculty: Brian Arndt and Mark Wirtz

• Community Partners: 8 garden locations (ongoing opportunities at Forward Garden at the Pope Farm Homestead) supplying more than 20 food pantries and other community food programs (including Badger Prairie Needs Network)

ChopChop Family Cooking Club

• The ChopChop Cooking Club hosts Fall and Spring cooking classes for children 5-12 and their families. Using the ChopChop Family Platform, these classes model healthy cooking while having fun in the process. Recipes use ingredients that align with SNAP and WIC benefits, and class activities foster relationship-building nutrition awareness and language literacy. We host classes at the community kitchen at BPNN, both in person and virtual, as well as classes at The Learning Kitchen at UW Health East Madison Hospital. 

• Lead faculty: Ally Couture

• Community Partners: BPNN, Hy-Vee Fitchburg, Festival Foods Verona, Kara Hoerr Nutrition, and UW Health Dietetic interns 

Capital High Parenting Program

• A partnership was created between the Wingra Clinic and, at the time, SAPAR (student-age parent program – now Capital High Parenting Program) to help address common medical concerns and education related to pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting specifically for pregnant or parenting high school students. By being available for questions and discussions about topics pertinent to the students, DFMCH Faculty and residents have been bridging the gap between a high-risk group of students and the medical field.

• Lead Faculty: Lee Dresang

• Community Partners: Capital High School

Madison Dane County Public Health Department Quarterly FIMR (Fetal Infant Mortality Review

• Community-based, action-oriented process aimed at improving services, systems, and resources for women, infants, and families. FIMR brings a multidisciplinary community team together to examine confidential de-identified cases of fetal and infant deaths. 

• Lead faculty: Lee Dresang 

Patient Resource Navigator Program

• This innovative program addresses social determinants of health and has a potential national impact.

• Lead faculty: Jennifer Edgoose, KJ Hansmann

• Community Partners: The Center for Patient Partnerships, which is supported by UW Law School, Jill Jacklitz and Lane Hanson; Sheray Wallace, the only community health worker working in UW Health at this time; Northeast and Wingra Clinics 

• Particularly good for Northport Clinic and Wingra Clinic residents

Enhancing Representation in Community Health (EnRICH)

• Mission to provide mentorship and experiences in primary care to students in order to increase the number of physicians who represent our diverse patient populations and improve the health of the community. 

• Lead faculty: Tom Hahn, Patricia Tellez-Giron, Morgan White

Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Incarcerated Populations

• Strengthening partnerships with jails in Dane and Green County to address OUD, improve transitions of care and reduce overdose risk upon release; explore using telemedicine in jail settings

• Lead faculty: Jillian Landeck, Alison Miller, Hazel Behling

• Current resident: Brian Kenealy, Melanie Biegler 

• Community Partners:  Green and Dane County Jails, Wisconsin Voices for Recovery, Green County Human Services Department, Green County Public Health Department, Health Communities Opioid Coalition, DHS

Farmer Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

• Developing educational interventions for primary care around farmer mental health, stress, and suicide prevention

• Lead faculty: Jillian Landeck

• Current resident(s): Colin Kavanaugh

• Community Partners: John Shutske: UW Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, UW Madison Division of Extension, Chris Frakes: Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program 

• Particularly good for Belleville Clinic residents

Lakeview Elementary School

• Lead faculty: Sarina Schrager and KJ Hansmann (DFMCH research fellow)

• Community Partners: Lakeview Elementary School, Northeast Clinic, Second Harvest Foodbank, and Healthy Kids Collaborative

• Particularly good for Northport Clinic residents

Latino Health Council 

• The Latino Health Council is a non-profit comprised of over 40 key healthcare-related organizations and agencies throughout Dane County. We are the only multi-agency organization of its nature in Dane County and have become a trusted resource for individuals and organizations interested in Latino health. The mission of the Latino Health Council is to promote and support the health and well-being of the Latino community through education, advocacy, consulting, and networking.

• Lead faculty: Patricia Tellez-Giron

• Community Partners: Council Members: https://www.latinohealthcouncil.org/members

• Particularly good for Wingra Clinic residents

MEDiC 

• MEDiC is a student-led organization that runs six free health clinics throughout the Madison area. Residents may serve as consultants to MEDiC student leaders and help with systems approaches, reviewing medical protocols, promoting health equity, and possibly help to coordinate resident involvement/volunteers at MEDiC and volunteer at MEDiC themselves

• Lead faculty: Tom Hahn

• Community Partners: MEDiC Student Leaders

Other Faculty Partnerships 

The Verona Press

• Lead faculty:  Karina Atwell

• Community Partners: Verona Press

Cervical Cancer Workshops Education and Screening for Hmong and Karenni Women in Milwaukee

• Residents are invited to support workshops that are led by community health workers, which aim to provide group education and then offer screening for cervical cancer (options will include co-testing clinician-collection or self-collection for HPV). Residents will help with facilitating the collection of samples for cervical cancer screening, reviewing educational materials, and developing protocols and process for follow-up of results. 

• Lead Faculty: Tana Chongsuwat and Jessica Dalby

• Community Partner: Milwaukee Consortium for Hmong Health

Medical Consultant Assistant for HIV/STD Clinic in Milwaukee

• City of Milwaukee Health Department Sexual Health Center: Public health clinic evaluating and treating sexually transmitted infections along with providing epidemiology, contact tracing, and partner services. Current Action Items Include: updating medical orders/protocols for addressing STI management, expanding access to contraception, evaluating and addressing rising rates of congenital syphilis

• Lead faculty: Jess Dalby

• Community Partners: Keenan Sexual Health Center, City of Milwaukee Health Department

AREA: Anti-Racism Education and Advocacy Group  

• Residents meet several times per month to do further anti-racism education, participate in anti-racism work and advocacy, and develop community partnerships/projects to help with anti-racism in the community, especially related to healthcare. The group has started again and will be doing some meetings during R2/3 seminar time.

• Lead Faculty: Tom Hahn

• Community Partners: Harambee Village Doulas varies

Madison Area Care for the Homeless (MACH) OneHealth/Madison Street Medicine Initiative

• Increase awareness of health needs and barriers for individuals experiencing homelessness through outreach, networking, and clinical care.

• Lead faculty: James Ircink, Ann Catlett

• Community Partners: MACH OneHealth/MSMI

CHOICES Program

• Reducing alcohol-affected pregnancies through evidence-based virtual groups for reproductive-age women

• Lead faculty: Jillian Landeck

• Current resident: Nicole Altman

• Community Partners: Cathy Kalina: Family Service Madison Safe Communities of Madison- Dane County, Belleville Area Cares Coalition

Rural EMS Training

• Collect feedback from EMS regarding knowledge and training gaps; design and lead case- based training and BLSO training for Belleville and other rural EMS teams

• Lead faculty: Jillian Landeck, Jen Lochner, Ann Evenson

• Current resident(s): Neal Smith, Steph Sippl, Nathan Gorman 

• Community Partners: Belleville EMS (Patrick McDonnell), Dodgeville EMS (Joe Hanson)

Verona 20/20 Fitness and Lifestyle Challenge

• Lead faculty: Maggie Larson, Brian Arndt, Tom Hahn, Karina Atwell

• Community Partners: Hy-Vee Fitchburg, Miller and Sons Grocery, Kara Hoerr Nutrition, Anytime Fitness (Verona, Oregon, Stoughton franchise), a local yoga instructor, and insurers, including Quartz and GHC

Prairie Kitchen Cooking Club

• Lead faculty: Maggie Larson and Brian Arndt

• Community Partners: BPNN, Hy-Vee Fitchburg, Festival Foods Verona, Verona Senior Center, Kara Hoerr Nutrition, and UW Health Dietetic interns 

Implementing Hmong-Centered Pain Assessment Tool: Intersecting Research with Clinical Practice

• Lead Faculty: Maichou Lor, PhD, RN faculty lead (School of Nursing) 

Sugar River Senior Center

• Partner with the local senior center in Belleville to design and lead patient education events for older adults

• Lead faculty: Julia Lubsen

• Current resident(s): Kane Laks, Elle Meisner

• Community Partners: Angie Marchardt: Sugar River Senior Center

Madison Gospel 5K (MG5K) Foundation: Health Committee Member

• The MG5K foundation was established in February 2019 as a charitable organization that focuses on supporting the health and wellness of families of color. Residents are invited to participate in the health committee, which meets monthly via Zoom to discuss and plan events on behalf of the community of color in Madison. One of the foundation's main events is to plan an annual 5K run/walk and health fair, open to all and specifically advertised to people of color with historical barriers to access to health and wellness resources. 

• Lead Faculty: Caitlin Regner

• Community Partners: MG5K Foundation

Healthy Kids Collaborative

• Partner with the Collaborative as they work to create a Dane County where every child from every neighborhood has the opportunity to be healthy. Current Action Teams include: Safe Routes to School, JUST Bikes Coalition, Active Living Work Group, 5210 Initiative, Local Food Systems Mapping, Healthy Kids Healthy Schools

• Lead Faculty: Shelly Shaw

• Community Partners: Healthy Kids Collaborative: Shawn Koval