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College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is a freestanding academic children’s hospital
affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin A 296 bed hospital with a level
one trauma center, CHW serves children throughout Wisconsin and northern
Illinois. The Child Advocacy and
Protection Services (CAPS) Program provides hospital-based and outpatient
services for suspected victims of child abuse and neglect.
Our outpatient Child Advocacy Centers
serve Milwaukee as well as the surrounding areas and provide onsite services
including forensic interviews, mental health therapy, medical evaluations, and
victim services. The medical team is
composed of pediatricians and nurse practitioners who are actively engaged in
teaching and research in addition to their clinical duties. In total, the child
abuse team evaluated more than 3000 cases of child maltreatment in 2009,
including physical and sexual abuse, neglect, and foster care evaluations.
The Department of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin offers a 3 year
fellowship in Child Abuse Pediatrics.
Fellows will develop skills and expertise in evaluating all types of
child maltreatment, providing legal testimony, and advocating for children
through their work as members of the multidisciplinary team, didactics,
rotations with other specialties, attendance at conferences, and experiences
with community agencies. The Medical
College of Wisconsin’s Quantitative Health Sciences department provides support
for research development, study design, and statistics. Fellows who wish to
obtain a Masters Degree in Public Health during their training will receive full
tuition reimbursement.
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