Graduate Medical Education at the University of Washington School of Medicine consists of 67 separate residency and fellowship programs and involves nearly 1,000 residents and fellows based at the University of Washington. In addition, the Affiliated Family Practice Residency Network consists of ver 300 residents based in 17 sites across the five-state region. There are three distinct models for Graduate Medical Education across the WWAMI region.
Community Based - University of Washington Affiliated
Family Medicine Residency Network
The
Family Medicine Residency Network, established in 1974 by the Department of Family Medicine, now comprises 17 programs across the five-state WWAMI region. There are more than 300 residents in the 17 programs.
This program has played an important part in the recognition of the University of Washington School of Medicine by US News & World Report as No. 1 in Family Medicine and Rural Medicine over the last 12 years.
Internal Medicine Spokane
Internal Medicine Spokane is a fully accredited, three-year internal medicine residency program academically affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine and located in Spokane.
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The Integrated Residency Model
The University of Washington School of Medicine has two integrated residency training programs located within Washington state. The
University of Washington Psychiatry Residency Training Program is the first of these. Residents spend the first two years of residency in Seattle and the second two years in Spokane based at Sacred Heart Medical Center.
An
integrated program in emergency medicine also exists between Madigan Army Medical Center and the University of Washington. Twelve residents per year (eight military and four civilian) complete training in emergency medicine at both the University of Washington and Madigan Army Medical Center as well as in other community locations.
Regional Resident Rotations
Residents participating in accredited programs in GME at the University of Washington also do four to eight week rotations within the WWAMI region during their course of study.
Since 1973, the Department of Pediatrics has required a two-month rotation within regional community-based sites. Currently these sites are located in Port Angeles, Washington; Yakima, Washington; Bellingham, Washington; and Pocatello, Idaho. Each of the department's residents completes this two-month rotation during their second year of residency. Residents report this to be one of the most valuable experiences of their entire three years of training. See more at the
Department of Pediatrics Residency Training Program site.
In addition, the departments of
Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery and Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery provide resident rotations on an elective basis to students. These individually arranged rotations occur at sites located across the WWAMI region.