Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The shortage of physicians in small communities is a challenge UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM) is committed to solving. Featured in this video, Dr. Joe Holt, director of the WARM program, and Dr. Mike Medich, director of medical education at Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay, discuss the importance of training doctors committed to rural care.
As part of the program, WARM students relocate for 28 months of their training to academic campuses in northeast, central and western Wisconsin. Locations include Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay, Gundersen Health System in La Crosse and Marshfield Clinic Health System in Marshfield.
The shortage of physicians in small communities is a challenge UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM) is committed to solving. Featured in this video, Dr. Joe Holt, director of the WARM program, and Dr. Mike Medich, director of medical education at Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay, discuss the importance of training doctors committed to rural care.
As part of the program, WARM students relocate for 28 months of their training to academic campuses in northeast, central and western Wisconsin. Locations include Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay, Gundersen Health System in La Crosse and Marshfield Clinic Health System in Marshfield.










