Orientation Information

• Review the timeline of what is expected prior to your first day of rotation
• Review Housing Welcome and Agreement
• Review La Crosse Campus Parking Map

You must complete registration for our system and EPIC modules (see "Get the Details" below). If you have done a rotation through Gundersen during the same calendar year, you don't need to complete these steps. If you rotated prior to this calendar year, you need to re-do Mandatory Education.

Complete step 1 by Tuesday, 2 weeks prior to your first day of orientation. Please note that our system will only accept 9 digits, so if your student ID has more than 9, you may need to drop the first 1 or 2 digits. Phase 2 students should enter the dates as the full 12 weeks you will be here.

After you receive the registration email from us, you will need to complete steps 2-4 before the first day of your rotation. For step 4 of your registration, select your curriculum, which is "provider students" and complete each module.

There is information about mandatory education, registering for EPIC and completing the training. Please complete all modules, but be sure to complete the EUPA100 50 question quiz (EPIC Quiz) and Mandatory Education. 

Again, first you must complete step 1 on the registration letter (see "Get the Details" below). Please register as soon as possible as it takes a few days to move through our system and we must approve your registration in order for the other e-mails with information about EPIC modules to generate. It takes a full 24 hours for the registration approval to go through.

• Gundersen internal system registration (Step 1)
• Gundersen EPIC registration (Step 2)
• Gundersen "Provider Student" Curriculum (Step 3)

If you do not complete all training education modules, EUPA100 and REG-18-202 (Mandatory Education), you cannot start your rotation.

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General information

• Employee Assistance Program 

Discrimination policies

• Sexual Harassment Policy
• Abusive, Threatening and Violent Behavior in the Workplace Policy

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You will receive your schedule during orientation. You will be notified a week before your arrival time and location.

Gundersen La Crosse Clinic
1900 South Avenue
La Crosse, WI 54601

Michael Erickson

• Efficiencies with either 2 twin beds or 1 double bed
  • Possibility of a roommate
  • Double beds: 1-6; twin beds: 7-13
• Kitchenette in each unit
• Private bathroom within unit
• Pictures of units and common areas

Sims Place

• Townhouse with 3 lockable bedrooms
  • 2 bedrooms have double beds; 1 bedroom has twin bed
• Shared commons area and kitchen
• 1 bathroom

Swift Creek

• Apartments with 4 lockable bedrooms
  • All bedrooms have twin beds
• Shared common area/kitchen
• 2 bathrooms per unit
• Each bedroom has a twin bed
• Pictures of units and common areas

A note about housing at Gundersen

Housing is free for medical students at Gundersen, but please note that you will not have a choice in your housing assignment and you may have a roommate.

If you have special circumstances that will affect your housing assignment, you must notify us at least 5 days before you arrive. We will make an effort to accommodate your needs, but it's not guaranteed.

Block Leader: Kyla R. Lee, MD

Before your start date, review all information on Canvas and:

• Acute Care Block Welcome
• Welcome - ER Rotation
• Welcome - Neuro Rotation
• AC Block Overview - Internal Medicine
• General Information for AC Block
• Attending Ward Expectations
• Senior Resident Hints on IM Ward

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Block leader: Kelly Hodgson Kline, MD

Before your start date, review all information on Canvas and:

• Welcome to CALC

Geriatrics

• Welcome to your Geriatrics Rotation
• Inclusa Welcome Video
• Fall Assessments Video

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Watch the videos and read the information from our rotation lead, Dr. Ken Merkitch, prior to your time on OB/Gyn:

Reading materials:

• OB/Gyn Rotation Requirements
• Methods for Estimating the Due Date
• Diagnostic Imaging During Pregnancy and Lactation
• Vaginitis
• Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring
• Management of Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Tracings
• Antepartum Fetal Surveillance
• Early Pregnancy Loss
• Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

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Videos

• Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
• Contraception and Sterilization
• First Trimester Bleeding
• Labor and Delivery: The Basics
• Maternal Physiology
• Prenatal Care
• Preterm Labor and Delivery
• Screening for Ovarian Cancer
• Update on Cervical Cancer Screening

Pediatrics

Reading materials:

• Welcome from Dr. Lori Weber, Pediatric Rotation Lead
• La Crosse Pediatric Clerkship Requirements
• Organizing Rounds Presentation

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Block leader: Molly Sygulla, MD (Traditional CPC) and Rick Erdman, MD (WARM CPC)

Before your start date, review all information on Canvas and:

• Welcome to CPC
• Welcome to Family Medicine Clinic
• Welcome to Outpatient Behavorial Health
• Outpatient Internal Medicine Objectives and Information
• Outpatient Neurology Objectives and Information

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Block leader: Irina Shakhnovich, MD

Before your start date, review all information on Canvas and:

• Overview of the SPC Block
• Goals and objectives

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All Acting Internships need to review information on Learn@UW.

Cardiology, Pulmonary, General Medicine AI

Review Expectations here at Gundersen for your AI

Ambulatory Acting Internship

Before you begin your rotation please:

• Watch the Pre-Orientation video. Complete this in the week prior to orientation.
  Ambulatory Acting Internship>Webinar Videos>Pre-Orientation Video
• Review the AAI course book. Complete this in the week prior to the rotation start date, if not earlier. Ambulatory Acting Internship>Webinar Videos>Pre-Orientation Video
• Take the Pre-Rotation Quiz. Complete this prior to orientation at 6pm on the first Monday of the rotation. Ambulatory Acting Internship>Pre-Rotation Quiz
• Send any completed Absence Request Forms to Kenny MacMillan kmacmillan@wisc.edu. Absence requests should be submitted at least 2 weeks in advance. Complete this as soon as possible.
• Review all other materials on Learn@UW

For UWSMPH students

• Please make sure your elective course has been added to your Oasis schedule
• Follow registration and orientation information provided on this website

All other schools

• Confirm with a coordinator at your institution that Gundersen Health System has an affiliation agreement with your school
• Provide Gundersen with a Wisconsin background check. The processing fee must be paid for by the student or university.
• Follow registration and orientation information provided on this website

Palliative elective information

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