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The Alaska WWAMI Program began at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (as WAMI) in 1971. The program moved to the University of Alaska Anchorage in 1989. Historically, ten Alaska residents were admitted to the Alaska WWAMI program each year. However, through the combined efforts of the Alaska WWAMI Program, the University of Alaska, and the Alaska legislature, the Alaska WWAMI class size has been doubled. 
Prospective students apply to the University of Washington School of Medicine; upon admission, Alaska's WWAMI students complete their first year of medical school at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The first year of training includes courses in basic sciences and an introduction to clinical medicine. Students from all five WWAMI states attend second-year courses at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. The third and fourth years of the medical school curriculum are comprised of "clerkship" rotations in the various medical specialty areas. These clerkships may be taken in any of the five WWAMI states. Students who choose the "Alaska Track" can take nearly all of these clerkships in Alaska. Alaska WWAMI Distinguished Lecture Series presented H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H. "Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health". Stay tuned for information on the next lecture in the series. Hear rural Alaska physicians talk about WWAMI and their lives in Alaska
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Alaska WWAMI Home Page
WWAMI is a collaborative medical school among universities in five northwestern states, 
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