Welcome to the Upper Peninsula Campus of the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine!
W. Donald Weston, M.D., former Dean of the College of Human Medicine, believed doctors could be trained in a remote area like the Upper Peninsula, but only with the support and effort of the people of the area. With a shortage of physicians interested in rural primary care, the best way to recruit and retain physicians was to reach those individuals who were from a small-town, rural environment and were interested in medicine. These individuals could train and ultimately practice in a rural area.
The Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation (UPHEC) was created in partnership with the college and is one of eight community campuses located throughout the state. The small community campus provides personal, individualized training, and is the Leadership in Rural Medicine Certificate Programs. For more information on our program, please click here
