Alaska WWAMI Medical School Partnership Ranked #1 By U.S. News & World Report

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WWAMI Students in a lab 

Alaska’s public medical school partnership earned top marks from U.S. News & World Report, according to rankings released Tuesday, March 29th. Once again, the University of Washington School of Medicine, which partners with the University of Alaska Anchorage to offer in-state, public medical school curriculum to Alaska 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, Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho 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.  Alaska WWAMI provides Alaskans access to a high quality regional medical school.

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 and is currently in it's 50th year of successfully educating Alaska'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 Alaska WWAMI program at UAA. “Physicians who specialize in primary care and family medicine are acutely needed in rural communities, and we are proud of Alaska WWAMI’s 50-year track record of serving the needs of the state and region.”