Click each bulleted hyperlinked requirement for more details!
- Complete the curriculum: Canvas web modules on topics related to the care of under-resourced and marginalized people
- Complete a minimum of 10 modules on our Canvas page (enrolled Pathway scholars must log in with their UW NetID to complete all module requirements).
- Live module sessions (in-person or Zoom webinars) are offered two to three times per year, and attendance at these live modules — in real time — counts toward the ten required modules.
- Required for all students and prerequisite for other modules: Who Are the Underserved?
- Required for E-23s and after, and strongly recommended for all students: Race and Biology
- Complete a minimum of 10 modules on our Canvas page (enrolled Pathway scholars must log in with their UW NetID to complete all module requirements).
- Maintain a mentorship relationship: longitudinal mentorship with an Underserved Pathway mentor
- Maintain quarterly check-ins with your UP mentor until you graduate.
- Students are responsible for identifying their UP mentor and checking in with them.
- UP mentors are healthcare professionals who work with under-resourced populations or meet other mentor criteria.
- Check-ins can occur in-person, or via phone, web-based video conferencing, email, or text message.
- Be sure to check out the UP Guide to Mentorship and the UP Mentoring Roadmap!
- Go deeper by conducting research related to root causes underlying health disparities or scholarly work related to health equity
- Complete an underserved-focus scholarly project
- III projects completed during RUOP, GHIP and Medical Student Addiction Research Training Program (MedStAR) automatically qualify — no pre-approval by the UP Team needed.
- If you are not participating in RUOP, GHIP, or MedStAR, there are many other options! Please see the page linked above for details on alternate projects and submitting a proposal.
- Complete a Foundations Phase clinical experience in an underserved setting
- Complete RUOP, GHIP, Primary Care Practicum (PCP) in an underserved setting, or a preclinical preceptorship in an underserved setting.
- If you plan to fulfill this requirement with your PCP, be sure to tell your PCP coordinator that you’d like to be placed in an underserved (urban or rural) setting to fulfill your Underserved Pathway requirement. This does not guarantee an underserved site.
- If you are not able to complete one of the above, then please complete an additional two weeks (four credits) of clinical rotation in an underserved setting (in addition to clinical courses below) in your 3rd and 4th years.
- Expand your knowledge: non-clinical electives
- Complete two credits focusing on underserved populations, health equity, or health disparities issues.
- We recommend completing these credits during your 2nd or 3rd quarters of MS1 year.
- Click the link above for listing of courses that qualify for this requirement.
- Get hands-on experience in clinical courses: clerkships in Patient Care and Explore and Focus Phases
- Complete 12 credits (or six weeks) of clinical courses in underserved settings and/or serving vulnerable population(s).
- All WRITE rotations count for Pathway credit. Click the link above for full listing of clinical sites that we count as underserved.
- Health-related community service, advocacy, and engagement
- Complete 24 hours of volunteering in an underserved setting or to benefit underserved people.
- Must be related to health or health equity.
- Check out our resource list for opportunities around WWAMI
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Contact the Program Manager of the Underserved Pathway at upath@uw.edu for help!