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WWAMIAnniversary WAMI then... WWAMI:CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the WWAMI regional medical education program. The acronym WWAMI stands for the participating states: daho. Throughout WWAMI’s history, thousands Washington started WAMI in 1971 (Wyoming joined in 1996) to help Northwest • Provide• Increase• Provide• Expand• ProvideIn 2011, WWAMI is recognized nationally as a model program for training WWAMIuniversity,WWAMIresidency training programs have WWAMI regional sites and rotations in internal psychiatry,gynecology,anesthesiology.state region. The result is dramatic. More than 50 percent of WWAMI graduates WWAMI’sWWAMIThank you for your part in making WWAMI a success. Commonwealth Fund of New York Cityof the WAMI program. WAMI becomes a national model for decentralized medical Robert Van Citters postgraduate education travels across WAMI to lobby nearly every state legislator in the four-state area. UW SOM partners with four in their state of origin: University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Washington State University, Pullman; University of Idaho, Moscow; and Montana State University, Bozeman. welcomes its rst WAMI students: 9 students for a single semester. Alaska is rst home-state university site for WAMI Program.WAMI endorsed by UW SOM medical school faculty.Medicine. By 2011 there are 18 Family Medicine Residency Programs across WWAMI. Family Medicine Programs established in Washington as follows: 1969 - Group Health Hill Residency Program; 1972 - University of Washingto

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n Family Medicine Residency WA. 1972 - Spokane Family Medicine Residency Program; 1973 - Madigan Family Medicine Residency Program on the Fort Lewis Military Reservation south of Tacoma, WA; 1978 - Tacoma Family Medicine Residency Program; 1986 - Valley Family Medicine Residency Program in Renton, WA; 1989 - Puget Sound Family Medicine Residency Program at the Naval Hospital in Bremerton, WA; 1991 - Providence St. Peter Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program in Olympia, WA; 1993 - Central Washington Family Medicine Residency Program in Yakima, WA; 1995 - Family Medicine of Southwest Washington Residency Program in Vancouver, WA. is named rst director and organizer of WAMI. Family Medical Center in Omak, Washington, and Yakima Valley Clinic in Grandview, Washington, ofcially become the rst community clinical training sites in the WAMI Program. By 1974 Anacortes and Whidbey Island sites are added. University of Washington School of Medicine. 1970198019901969: “Even from day one, there’s quite an emphasis placed on primary care. I think it’s because of the WWAMI program and the fact that they’re encouraging those students to practice primary care in their home states. It really serves those states.” 1970YorkWAMI1971WAMIWenatcheeValleyWashington1972WAMIWAMI•WashingtonWAMI1975:TwinWyomingCasper,1977Track1978•WAMI•WAMI•WAMIWorkforceWAMIWashington.gynecology,TrackWyomingWWAMIWWAMITraining(SPARX)•WWAMITelemedicineWyoming “Today was amazing. I was humbled and privileged to witness a new di

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agnosis of cancer. I performed my first full history and physical on a hospital patient. I witnessed the kind of hard-pressed rural hospital patient care dilemmas that initially brought me here.” “There’s a definite camaraderie and collegial feeling among physicians and students. Among the faculty that I’ve run into in Seattle and at regional sites, they treat you as one of their own.” “We took a little four-seater prop plane to a remote part of the island – this really isolated little town, with about 150 people – and saw patients there for a couple of days. It just blew my mind.” 2010“A Lancet commentary called the WWAMI program “perhaps the best academic model” of a multi-faceted approach to recruitment and retention of physicians in underserved communities.” WWAMI•Wyoming•WWAMIAwardTrack•WashingtonWWAMI•TargetedTrackWashington in 2009 and into western Washington in 2010WWAMI WWAMI Rural Telemedicine Network in WWAMI Rural Integrated Training Experience (WRITE) to obtain several months of clinical education in a small town. Libby, Montana; Othello, Washington; Hailey, Idaho, and Sandpoint, Idaho become rst WRITE communities. complete 2,766 clinical rotations at WWAMI sites. procedural skills training, medical teamwork and patient safety. Targeted Rural Underserved Track (TRUST)to eastern Washington in 2009 and into western Washington in 2010. begins at WWAMI-Spokane at the Washington State University presentation is held via telemedicine between Seattle, Wash.

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and Boise, Idaho using the Wyoming Total numberTotal number WAMI rotations grow:AK; and Spokane and Tacoma WA. Pediatrics is in Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA, Spokane WA and Great Falls, MT. Psychiatry is in Anchorage AK. Internal Medicine is in Billings and Missoula, MT, Boise ID, and American Lake and Wenatchee WA.Student Providers Aspiring to Rural and Underserved Experiences (SPARX)provides interdisciplinary educational experiences to encourage health professionals and Wyoming becomes fth stateUW medical school’s regional medical long-time partner states Washington, changes to the WWAMI program. 1979 UW SOM class size grows to 180, with 40 women admitted. WAMI Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)WWAMICenter for Health Workforce Studies for residency training grows in the WAMI Washington and 1 in Idaho, supporting the training of 149 residents. Internal Medicine Montana, and 1 in Washington. Pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology and psychiatry WHERE IS WWAMI HEADED?WWAMIhigh-quality,Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho without the expense (nancial, WWAMIintroduces:• Cost-effective• Sharing• Collaboration• Aregion’sWWAMIto explore options for providing all four years of WWAMI medical education in modelingWWAMITrainingTargetedTrackWWAMI remains dedicated to training physicians for rural areas and will continue WWAMI now... participate in WAMI Program and make Montana gynecology ofcially opens in the Treasure Valley as part of Idaho WAMI Program.