Wisconsin: Milwaukee-area health care organizations are increasing their minority recruitment efforts in the hopes of encouraging more minority students to pursue health-related professions in the region, which is facing physician and surgeon shortages. A physician from the University of Wisconsin Medical School has started a “health careers club” at one local high school and hopes to expand the program to public schools throughout the city. Meanwhile, the Medical College of Wisconsin has implemented two summer enrichment programs for high school students considering careers in biomedical research or medicine (Griffin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/5).
