PhxGriz said:
Wiche and wami used to be programs that allowed Montana kids to attend Med school and get close to in state tuition as we know there isn't an in state choice for Montana kids. I did not know it was being used for football as well . very cool
A hs football teammate in Butte of mine was in the WWAMI program... UWash School of Med 1997, UMich residency completed in 2001.
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WWAMI Medical Education Program
A Regional Partner of the University of Washington School of Medicine
A partnership with the University of Washington School of Medicine and the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. Forty years of collaboration and innovation, all in the service of educating physician health-care professionals.
WWAMI is a cooperative program of the University of Washington School of Medicine and the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. (The first letter of each state is where WWAMI gets its name.) It gives students residing in the Northwestern United States access to high-quality, cost-effective medical education by decentralizing the educational process and sharing existing facilities and personnel in universities and communities in the WWAMI states. Support of WWAMI by the State of Montana allows 30 qualified Montana residents to be admitted to the program each year.
WWAMI is a medical school program, not a premedical program. Students who enter the program are enrolled in the University of Washington School of Medicine, and complete their first year of medical school in their home states. This includes basic science courses and clinical experiences, both on campus and in the community. First year programs exist at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington State University in Spokane, the University of Wyoming in Laramie, the University of Alaska in Anchorage, Montana State University in Bozeman, and the University of Idaho in Moscow. At all these sites first year medical students participate in a curriculum similar to and compatible with that of the University of Washington School of Medicine’ s first year. For their second year, WWAMI student join their classmates on the Seattle Campus.
The WWAMI Medical Education Program strives to attain two main goals. The first is to make public medical education accessible to Montana residents. The second is to encourage graduates to choose careers in primary care medicine and to locate their practices in the non-metropolitan areas of the northwestern U.S. Many of these areas lack an adequate number of primary care physicians and access to healthcare in general. Additionally, the program encourages talented students, especially minority students, in the WWAMI states to enter the field of medicine.
