Curriculum & Elective Residency Rotations

The Baraboo Rural Training Track Residency Program offers full spectrum family medicine training in a close-knit rural community located about 45 minutes north of Madison. Our longitudinal curriculum places an emphasis on lifelong learning and offers unique challenges and rewards to physicians committed to serving rural communities. The Baraboo Residency Program provides top-quality training at SSM Health Dean Medical Group Baraboo, SSM Health St. Clare Hospital Baraboo, and with University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.

Residents can expect to spend the majority of their first year in Madison completing their rotations alongside residents in the Madison Residency Program, while building their patient panel with continuity clinic sessions in Baraboo each week. This integrated experience provides access to the extensive clinical resources and academic opportunities in the Madison area while cultivating roots with the Baraboo Faculty, Patients, and Community.

During your second and third years you’ll be immersed in the Baraboo Community providing rural full-spectrum family medicine to continuity clinic patients, taking call, performing procedures, hospitalist care, providing maternity care and newborn care, rounding on nursing home patients, and working in the ER at St. Clare Hospital. Advanced procedural care electives can be pursued depending upon Resident interest and availability.

The program provides meal stipends, and mileage reimbursement to residents.

Curriculum Requirements (subject to change)

*PGY 1 Curriculum* 1^st Year Blocks are done in conjunction with UW Madison Residents	*Location*	*Category*	*Blocks* *(3-4 weeks each)*
Continuity Clinic	Dean Medical Group FM – Baraboo	All Ages	# half days per week varies
FM Hospital Service	St. Mary’s – Madison	Adult Medicine	2
FM Hospital Service (UW)	UW Hospital – Madison	Adult Medicine	1
MICU	St. Mary’s Madison	Adult Medicine	2
Pediatrics	St. Mary’s / American Family Children’s Hospital – Madison	Pediatrics	2
Pediatrics / FM Nights Cross Coverage	St. Mary’s – Madison	Pediatrics	1
Obstetrics	St. Mary’s – Madison	Obstetrics/Newborn	2
Maternal Child Teaching Service	Meriter – Madison	Obstetrics/Newborn	1
General Surgery	St. Clare – Baraboo	Surgery	2
ER – Rural	St. Clare – Baraboo	Emergency Medicine	1
ER	St. Mary’s – Madison	Emergency Medicine	1
Outpatient Rotation (MSK, GYN, Optho, Nutrition)	Madison or Baraboo	Varies	2
Vacation			3 Weeks
*PGY 2 Curriculum* Primarily Longitudinal with elective half days mixed in with continuity clinic	*Location*	*Category*	*Weeks*
Obstetrics Inpatient R2	St. Mary’s – Madison	Obstetrics	3
MICU Inpatient R2	St. Mary’s – Madison	Medicine	3
Pediatrics – Outpatient	Baraboo	Pediatrics	3
Sports Medicine	Madison	Musculoskeletal	3
Community Health/Tribal Health/MHS	Baraboo	MHS/Tribal Health	2
Elective	Varies	Elective	Varies
Phone/OB/Peds Call	St. Clare – Baraboo	Call	2x per month
FM Adult Inpatient/Hospitalist	St. Clare – Baraboo	Call	1x every other month
Clustered Didactics	Madison	GYN/MHS/Men’s Health	1 week
Clinic Intensive	Dean Medical Group Primary Care - Baraboo	Clinic	40 weeks: Min 4 half days per week
Nursing Home Rotation	St. Clare Meadows – Baraboo	Geriatric	1x per month
Vacation			4 Weeks
*PGY 3 Curriculum* Primarily Longitudinal with elective half days mixed in with continuity clinic	*Location*	*Category*	*Weeks*
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedics	Varies	Musculoskeletal	1
Management of Health Systems	Varies	MHS	1 week
Gynecology	Varies	Gynecology	1
Elective	Varies	Elective	Varies
FM Adult Inpatient / Hospitalist	St. Clare – Baraboo	Call	1x every other month
Phone/OB/Peds Call	St. Clare – Baraboo	Call	2x per month
Clinic Intensive	Dean Medical Group Primary Care – Baraboo	Clinic	40 weeks: Min 6 half days per week
Nursing Home Rotation	St. Clare Meadows – Baraboo	Geriatric	1x per month
Clustered Didactics	Madison	Addiction Med/ MSK	1 Week
Vacation			4 Weeks

Available elective options:

Examples of previous elective residency rotations that have been arranged for Residents from other programs for elective experiences at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo include:

General Surgery
Rural ER
Endoscopy
Hospital Medicine
Addiction Medicine

These options and times will vary depending upon the physician schedule and availability to accept a resident on an elective rotation. These rotations are separate from the Baraboo RTT Residency Program. Rotations need to be coordinated between SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo and the resident’s current program director for appropriate approval, documentation, and credit.

Other required curricular areas:

Home Visits, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Urology, ENT, Practice Management, Radiology, Behavior Science, Addiction Med-Suboxone Clinic, ABFM Certification Points, Scholarly Work, Didactics, Management of Health Systems with Academic and Business Meetings

Available elective residency rotations:

Several options are available for residents from other residency programs for elective experiences at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo.

General Surgery
Rural ER
Endoscopy
Hospital Medicine
Addiction Medicine

Questions about elective residency rotation?

For more information or questions on elective residency rotations at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo, please email Jordan.buelow@ssmhealth.com

Please note that housing is not provided for Medical Students or Residents on elective rotation.