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The Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center offers a 12-month clinical and didactic education program focusing on adult primary care medicine designed to produce highly competent primary care

physician assistants.

Postgraduate Primary Care PA residents will develop a deep and broad evidence-based knowledge foundation of the common disease processes seen in a typical, complex VA patient through online

didactic course-work and clinical rotation experiences spanning multiple different specialties as well as primary care. Residents will be trained to provide coordinated, safe, high-quality,

efficient care to patients receiving ongoing care within the Veterans Affairs Patient Aligned Care Teams, or PACTs. This program will build upon the graduate PA’s generalist knowledge base

to promote clinical competence and confidence.

The program offers a competitive stipend for one year of training, paid vacation and sick leave, and options for health insurance. Two residents will be accepted for this program annually.

Deadline: Feb. 1 for the upcoming academic year. Residency start times may vary depending on PA school graduation. Start times are typically July through September.

To train highly qualified graduate physician assistants (PAs) to provide coordinated, safe, high-quality, efficient care to patients receiving ongoing care within the Veterans Affairs

Patient Aligned Care Teams or PACTs. The program will provide the physician assistant resident with deep and broad evidence-based knowledge about the common disease processes which are seen

in veteran patients.

*Possible additional CBOCs in Green Bay, Appleton and Union Grove.

Krista Berner, MPAS, PA-CClement J. Zablocki Medical Center5000 W. National Ave.Room 8140Milwaukee, WI 53295 [email protected]: Fax:

"Deciding to complete this residency program was one of the best decisions I could have made for myself and my career. Throughout the yearlong residency I gained not only medical knowledge,

but a huge confidence boost in my clinical decision-making skills too. Rotating through the multiple specialties available was extremely helpful in the primary care setting to better

understand the appropriateness and necessity of consults. Also, further training in these specialties can allow a primary care provider to practice at the top of their scope. The knowledge I

learned and connections I made during this residency program truly set me up for success. I am now a full-time employee at the VA, and I couldn’t be happier!" 

"My experience as a primary care resident was invaluable because of the type and quality of clinical rotations available. Coming out of PA school, I was unsure what I wanted to specialize in

or if I wanted to specialize at all. This residency gave me the opportunity to try so many different specialties while also giving me the opportunity to provide excellent primary care to

our Veterans. The ability to pick an elective rotation brought about me finding a job at the VA! I got to work with a lot of passionate providers and gave myself another year to learn while

getting paid for it. I can adamantly say that this extra year of learning made me a better provider to my patients. Additionally, I think any person will be hard-pressed to find another

physician assistant residency program that offers the diversity of specialties offered at the Milwaukee VA."

"The Milwaukee VA Primary Care Residency Program was one of the best choices I made as a new grad starting my career as a PA. The wide breadth of clinics that I rotated through including

Urology, GYN, PMR, Psych, Pain Management, Neurology and Neurosurgery as well as inpatient Hospital Medicine, Cardiology, Infectious Disease and the ER gave me a deeper understanding of

various disease processes and organ systems in specialties I may never have had the opportunity to see if not for this residency. In each of these settings, I was able to practice the

nuances of each specialty and then bring this back to the general practice longitudinal clinic to provide better care for my patients. I continue to utilize this knowledge and skillset in my

practice today.

"In addition, the VA is an incredible system that I am so grateful I had the opportunity to be a part of, and I would encourage everyone to spend time in a VA system if given the chance.

From the amazing providers I was able to work alongside to the patients I had the pleasure of taking care of, my time at the VA will forever hold a special place in my heart."

"The VA Primary Care Residency was the best decision I could have made as a new graduate PA. The time, investment and learning opportunities that it provides are invaluable. Krista and the

collaborating physicians you work with are so dedicated to your experience and provide incredible support as you grow into your new role. It provides real hands-on experience in multiple

settings, helping mold you into a provider. Working with a multidisciplinary team is so beneficial in understanding how the health care system functions and how to best serve your patients.

Could not recommend more."