About Southwest Wisconsin AHEC Southwest Wisconsin Area Health Education Center (SWAHEC) serves a region that includes some of the most rural and urban underserved areas of the state. The 23-county area, which borders the Mississippi River in the west, extends to the south-central portion of the state, and includes the metropolitan centers of Madison, La Crosse, and Janesville-Beloit. Although it is a largely rural region with small hospitals and clinics, it is also the home to major medical facilities including the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, the Gundersen Lutheran and Franciscan Skemp health systems in the La Crosse area, and the Mercy Medical System in Janesville. The region is also served by four federally-qualified community health centers. Throughout the region, health care providers serve an increasingly culturally-diverse population, including African-American, Hispanic, Hmong, American Indian and Amish. SWAHEC has partnership projects with the UW Medical School, the La Crosse-Mayo Family Practice Residency, UW Nursing School, UW Physician Assistant program, the Allied Health programs at UW, the health careers programs at UW La Crosse, Viterbo University Nursing and Dietician programs, the health careers programs at four technical colleges, and the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative. Through these partnerships, SWAHEC supports collaborative projects between communities and academic institutions that provide clinical placements and opportunities for health professions students at all levels. Annually, SWAHEC hosts health career summer camps in Madison and La Crosse to acquaint high school students with the career opportunities in health care.

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