WWAMI First-Year Sites
Students from Alaska, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming take their initial year at state universities in their home states: University of Alaska (Anchorage), Montana State University, University of Idaho and University of Wyoming. Twenty Washington students are on campus at Washington State University in Pullman, joining classes with students based at the University of Idaho. Half day preceptorships in the offices of local practitioners introduce students to clinical medicine.
Clinical Medical Education Offices
The University of Washington School of Medicine maintains a Dean's Office in each of the WWAMI states and Eastern Washington which oversees clinical medical education for the School of Medicine within those regions as well as provides support services for the local clerkships and students rotating among them.
Eastern Washington
Wyoming
Alaska
Montana
Idaho
Native American Center of Excellence (NACOE)
Founded in 1992, the NACOE coordinates biomedical research and recruitment of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives into health care and medical careers. The COE has established the Indian Health Pathway which provides courses, clerkships, and certification to medical students who wish to practice in Native American and Alaska Native clinical settings. Visit the NACOE home page in the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Community Health Advancement Program (CHAP)
Begun in 1980 and based in the Department of Family Medicine, CHAP is an interdisciplinary, community-based, service learning program which provides medical and other health sciences students the opportunity to combine professional development with medical care for disadvantaged populations. For more information see the CHAP page in the Department of Family Medicine.
Student Providers Aspiring to Rural and Underserved Experiences (SPARX)
SPARX is an interdisciplinary effort of the University of Washington Schools of Health Sciences to strengthen the resolve of students interested in rural or underserved practice to enter such practices upon completion of training. The program if funded and supervised under AHEC. Visit the SPARX Web site for more information.
WWAMI Rural Integrated Training Experience (WRITE)
WRITE is a six month rural medicine experience emphasizing continuity of care, integration of medical disciplines, and rural setting activities offered to third year medical students. Visit the School of Medicine Online Curriculum site for more information including a description of WRITE program sites.
Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program (R/UOP)
Between their first and second years, R/UOP offers students preceptorships with practicing physicians in small towns across the WWAMI states and among the urban medically underserved. Visit the R/UOP Web site in the Department of Family Medicine.
Medical Student Research Training Program (MSRTP)
This program provides funded opportunities for students to participate in a full-time, 10-week research project under the supervision of a University of Washington faculty member. Projects include basic science and clinical research as well as health services utilization studies. Students may do their research with faculty members located at the University of Washington as well as at the WWAMI sites. The MSRTP Web page has more information.