WiNC Wisconsin Northern & Central GME Consortium-MCW-Fox Valley Appleton Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, full-scope Family Medicine residency housed at Mosaic Family Health, a community health center in Appleton, WI, with inpatient training split across ThedaCare Regional Medical Center and Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital, plus pediatric rotations at Children's Wisconsin and a dedicated third-year nursing home continuity role at Brewster Village. The program's identity centers on community medicine and advocacy - residents engage in refugee resettlement care, homeless shelter service, dementia care programs, school health education, and legislative advocacy at state and national levels - reflecting a mission-driven, underserved-population orientation rather than a research or subspecialty focus. Curriculum structure (broad rotations through medicine, OB, peds, EM, geriatrics, and a longitudinal gynecology/behavioral component) and the new 31,000-square-foot integrated clinic with osteopathic treatment rooms and group-visit space point toward preparation for comprehensive, team-based primary care practice rather than fellowship subspecialization. The program values residents who are drawn to full-scope, whole-person care and active community engagement alongside clinical training.