Nursing instructor Beth Hartwig, third from left, works with nursing students, from left, Aiden Brink, Juliann Russella and Ella Rau in a new teaching lab on the UW-Whitewater at Rock County campus in November 2024.
An anatomy and physiology course, Biology 285, is required in the nursing program on the UW-Whitewater at Rock County campus. This class is taught by Associate Professor Kerri Wrinn. Classes are shown in session on the UW-Whitewater at Rock County campus in September 2024.
Nursing instructor Beth Hartwig, third from left, works with nursing students, from left, Aiden Brink, Juliann Russella and Ella Rau in a new teaching lab on the UW-Whitewater at Rock County campus in November 2024.
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Nursing students train in the care of tracheotomy patients in a new teaching lab on the UW-Whitewater at Rock County campus in November 2024.
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An anatomy and physiology course, Biology 285, is required in the nursing program on the UW-Whitewater at Rock County campus. This class is taught by Associate Professor Kerri Wrinn. Classes are shown in session on the UW-Whitewater at Rock County campus in September 2024.
JANESVILLE — The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at Rock County announced Friday that it has launched a bachelor of science in medical sciences program that the university says will meet a regional workforce demand for medical imaging professionals. It is the first bachelor of science in the college’s history.
The program will offer two specialized emphases — diagnostic sonography and radiologic technology. In the program, students have the opportunity to earn an associate of arts with a pre-health emphasis on the Rock County campus and then they can complete their final two years by applying for clinical instruction at Mercyhealth. There will be options at Mercyhealth clinics in Wisconsin clinics in Janesville and Williams Bay, as well as in Illinois in Rockford, Harvard and Crystal Lake.
