ľֱ WWAMI Medical School Partnership Ranked #1 By U.S. News & World Report
by ľֱ WWAMI |
ľֱ’s public medical school partnership earned top marks from , according to rankings released Tuesday, March 29th. Once again, the University of
Washington School of Medicine, which partners with the ľֱ
to offer in-state, public medical school curriculum to ľֱ students, ranked No.
1 for primary care education, as well as No. 1 for family medicine training.
WWAMI is a collaborative medical school among universities in five northwestern states, , , ľֱ, , and and the University of Washington School of Medicine. The curriculum at each site
has been standardized and is compatible with the University of Washington School of
Medicine curriculum which integrates the basic and clinical sciences, and includes
rural health care at an early time in medical education. ľֱ WWAMI provides ľֱns
access to a high quality regional medical school.
The ľֱ WWAMI Program began at the University of ľֱ Fairbanks (as WAMI) in
1971. The program Moved to the ľֱ in 1989 and is currently
in it's 50th year of successfully educating ľֱ's physicians.
“We’re thrilled to once again be recognized as the top medical school in the country for primary care education,” said Dr. Kathy Young, Foundations Assistant Dean for the ľֱ WWAMI program at UAA. “Physicians who specialize in primary care and family medicine are acutely needed in rural communities, and we are proud of ľֱ WWAMI’s 50-year track record of serving the needs of the state and region.”
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