Welcometo the home page for the Wisconsin Board Review Course and Update in Geriatric Medicine. Since 1992, Wisconsin's two medical schools have teamed up to provide a course offering a thorough review of the field of Geriatric Medicine.
This course draws on the expertise of faculty and subspecialists certified in Geriatric Medicine. Faculty teaching this course will be on hand to answer your questions and give you an idea of what to expect when sitting for this exam.
Course Directors
Kathryn Denson, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology will direct the course in conjunction with Steven Barczi, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School.
Kathryn Denson, MD,joined the faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2002. She is the residency program director for the combined Medicine-Geriatrics residency and fellowship programs in Geriatric Medicine. Her clinical expertise lies in the area of home/community care and hospice. Her educational focus is in threading geriatrics throughout the medical school curriculum. She completed the ExCEL (Excellence in Clinical Education and Leadership) educational fellowship at MCW.
Faculty certified in Geriatrics
Convenient location
Centrally located between Milwaukee and Chicago, Lake Geneva provides a quiet retreat for this course as well as easy access to Mitchell Field International airport (Milwaukee) and O'Hare (Chicago).
Affordable tuition
This course offers the lowest tuition available for a course of this magnitude. Special rates for students and residents-in-training.
Who should attend?
Physicians planning on taking the certificate of added qualification exam in Geriatric Medicine. Additionally, this course provides an indepth review of the field of Geriatric Medicine for those physicians looking for an update.
Why Attend?
In-depth review and board preparation
This course prepares those physicians planning to take the board exam in Geriatric Medicine while offering an excellent update for physicians who want to increase their knowledge and skills..
Steven Barczi, MD.Dr. Barczi is an associate professor of medicine in geriatrics and adult development at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) as well as director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship program. He is a clinician-educator in geriatrics-primary care and sleep disorders and is board certified in geriatric medicine, internal medicine and sleep medicine. Dr. Barczi’s research interests include the increased prevalence and consequences of sleep apnea as it pertains to stroke and the mechanisms and management of sleep changes occurring in dementia.
