{"id":7883,"date":"2023-03-09T21:49:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T21:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/?p=7883"},"modified":"2023-03-09T21:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T21:49:34","slug":"uw-scores-big-with-efforts-to-train-dentists-for-rural-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/2023\/03\/09\/uw-scores-big-with-efforts-to-train-dentists-for-rural-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"UW scores big with efforts to train dentists for rural areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7885\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/dentist2k-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/dentist2k-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/dentist2k-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/dentist2k-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/dentist2k.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Bringing health care to rural and underserved populations in Washington and the region at large has long been a priority for the University of Washington. One example of the UW\u2019s impact outside of Seattle is the School of Dentistry\u2019s Regional Initiatives in Dental Education program.<\/p>\n<p>Known as RIDE, the program just marked its 15th anniversary. Operating in conjunction with Eastern Washington University as well as the WWAMI program, it trains up-and-coming dentists to meet the needs of people who live outside of large population centers. This initiative is so urgently needed that it has received invaluable support from dental associations, community health centers, Area Health Education Centers and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.washington.edu\/feature\/uw-scores-big-with-efforts-to-train-dentists-for-rural-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bringing health care to rural and underserved populations in Washington and the region at large has long been a priority for the University of Washington. One example of the UW\u2019s impact outside of Seattle is the School of Dentistry\u2019s Regional Initiatives in Dental Education program. Known as RIDE, the program just marked its 15th anniversary. [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,342],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-wohw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7883"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7886,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7883\/revisions\/7886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}