The
Targeted Rural and Underserved Track (TRUST) aims to train specially qualified and specially selected University of Washington medical students to be physicians who will work in underserved areas, including both rural and small-city community health centers. The program is open to students planning careers in any specialty that would be practiced in these underserved areas. In order to reach this aim, the program begins with a targeted admissions process that links students from and back to underserved communities. The students are then guided through a special curriculum that connects underserved communities in Washington, Montana and Idaho to the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) and its network of affiliated residency programs in an effort to help meet the workforce needs of the region. In essence, the program seeks to provide a continuous connection between underserved communities, medical education, and health professionals in our region.
Beginning the
summer before medical school and continuing throughout the curriculum,
TRUST scholars participate in clinical and classroom experiences,
on-line discussions, and regional or national conferences, exposing them
to the satisfaction, challenges, and life style of a physician
practicing in rural and underserved areas.
Medical School Applicants applying to the TRUST Program fill out an additional section included with the Secondary Application materials. The
deadline for the secondary application for TRUST applicants is December 1st, 2012.
Because TRUST provides special opportunities:
- Applicants who apply and
are accepted to TRUST, but who then decide prior to matriculation, not to
participate in TRUST will have their offer of acceptance to the UWSOM
rescinded for that application year. Should the UWSOM Deferral Policy
apply, an applicant on the TRUST alternate list will be offered the
position and the deferred applicant may enter the program in the
following year as stipulated in the deferral policy.
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Applicants who have
applied to TRUST, but who are accepted into the regular class while
holding a position on the TRUST alternate list will not be obliged to
participate in TRUST should a position in the TRUST cohort become
available.
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Applicants who applied to TRUST, but were not accepted, will
be considered for admission into the regular medical school class for
the same entering year.
Applicants will be made aware of this policy at
the time of application to TRUST and the UWSOM and, as part of the TRUST
application process, will be asked to sign a statement demonstrating
their understanding of this policy.
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Visit the
TRUST Program website for more information.
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