Twelve credits (or 6 weeks) of clinical courses in underserved settings, urban and rural.
- required, elective, and special clerkships
- sub-internships and advanced preceptorships
- clinical rotations
>>>>> Clinical rotations completed at Community Health Centers, FQHCs, Indian Health Service clinics, Tribal and Alaska Native health centers, RUOP sites, Veterans Affairs locations, Harborview Medical Center, WRITE and TRUST sites count for credit.
Selecting Courses that Satisfy Pathway Requirements
Below is a partial list of Pathway-approved courses.
If you are interested in a clinical course not listed here, email upath@uw.edu with the site name to request approval of the course for fulfilling pathway requirements.
SPECIAL NOTES & CONSIDERATIONS:
- Clerkships completed at Swedish First Hill — inform the Underserved Pathway (UP) team if you want this clerkship to qualify for your pathway requirement.
- The UP team needs to know the percent time spent at each of the Swedish First Hill sites. Partial credit is available depending on the percentage of time spent in underserved clinic. Email upath@uw.edu for approval.
- The UP team needs to know the percent time spent at each of the Swedish First Hill sites. Partial credit is available depending on the percentage of time spent in underserved clinic. Email upath@uw.edu for approval.
- Clerkships (required or elective) in an underserved rural site are likely to count. Please email upath@uw.edu if you do not see your site listed and you believe it qualifies as an underserved site.
Anesthesiology
- ANEST 665 Anchorage, AK (4)
- ANEST 678 P – Basic Anesthesia Clerkship VA (Elective)
- ANEST 680 P – Basic Anesthesia UWMC (Elective)
Conjoint
- CONJ 620 (Opioid Use Disorder, HMC, Seattle, WA), 4 week rotation
- CONJ 625 Global Health Clinical Elective
- CONJ 680 Introduction to Detoxification and Rehabilitation Programs for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
- CONJ 676 Prison/Corrections Medicine Clerkship, Connell, WA
- Chronic Care / Rehab
- CONJ 688 VAMC Rehabilitation Medicine Service (RMS)
Emergency Medicine
- Sacred Heart- Spokane
- Deaconess Medical Center- Spokane
- Harborview Medical Center- Seattle
Family Medicine
- FAMED 630 WRITE Clerkships
- FAMED 634 P Mount Edgecumbe Hospital, Sitka, AK (12)
- FAMED 636 P Wenatchee Area Physicians and Satellite Sites (12)
- FAMED 638 P Columbia Basin Health Association, Othello, WA (12)
- FAMED 640 P Clinical Clerkship in Family Medicine Boise (12)
- FAMED 641 P Spokane Family Medicine Residency
- FAMED 643 P Tacoma Family Medicine, Tacoma, WA (12)
- FAMED 646 P Swedish First Hill, Seattle, WA (12)
- See Special Note at beginning of page regarding Swedish First Hill.
- FAMED 647 P Swedish Cherry Hill, Seattle, WA (12)
- FAMED 648 P Valley Family Medicine, Renton, WA (12)
- FAMED 650 P Anacortes Fidalgo Medical Associates, Anacortes, WA (12)
- FAMED 653 P Providence Family Medicine Residency, Anchorage, AK (12)
- FAMED 657 P Intermountain Medical Clinic, Pocatello, ID (12)
- FAMED 658 P Sea Mar Community Health Center, Seattle, WA (12)
- FAMED 659 P Country Doctor Community Clinic, Seattle, WA (12)
- FAMED 660 P Central Washington Family Medicine, Yakima, WA (12)
- FAMED 662 P Family Medical Center, Buffalo, WY (12)
- FAMED 663 P Petersburg Medical Center Clinic, Petersburg, AK (12)
- FAMED 664 P Billings Family Medicine Residency, Billings, MT (12)
- FAMED 670 Advanced Underserved Preceptorship in WWAMI Area
- FAMED 671 Advanced Underserved Preceptorship in The United States
- FAMED 680 Traditional Indian Medicine Clerkship
- FAMED 681 Indian Health Clerkship
- FAMED 688 Family Medicine Health Center sub-internship, Nampa, ID (8)
- FAMED, Native Project- Spokane
Medicine
- MEDECK 638 Clinical Infectious Diseases, Yakima Chest Clinic
- MEDECK 612 Clinical HIV Care (8)
- MEDECK 619 Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (2)
- MEDECK 617 Harborview Evening Clinic (4 quarters, every Tuesday evening)
- MERCK 621P Spokane Internal Medicine Residency
- MEDECK 651 Anchorage, Alaska Native Medical Center
- MEDRCK 691 Boise, ID Clinical Clerkship Boise
- MEDECK 714 (Intro to Opioid Use Disorder, HMC, Seattle, WA), 2 week rotation
Neurology
- NEURL 634 Anchorage, AK
- NEURL P – Introduction to Neurology – VA (Required)
OB/GYN
- OB GYN, 687, Fairbanks, AK (12)
- OB GYN 666, Boise, ID (12) — (Not an active site)
- OB GYN, 690, Sandpoint, ID (12)
- OB GYN, 689, Havre, MT (12) — (Not an active site)
- OB GYN, Libby, MT (12) — (Not an active site)
- OB GYN, 663, Wenatchee, WA (12)
- OB GYN 632, Bellingham, WA (12) (PeaceHealth)
- OB GYN, 686, Yakima, WA (12)
- OB GYN, Ellensburg, WA (12)
- OB GYN 657, Lander, WY (12)
- OB GYN 659, Cody, WY (12)
- OB GYN 679, Cheyenne, WY (12)
- OB GYN 644, Gillette, WY (12)
- OB GYN 645, Sheridan, WY (12)
- OB GYN 650, Kalispell, WY (12)
- OB GYN, 677, Rock Springs, WY (12)
Opthalmology
- OPHTH 688 Anchorage, AK
- OPHTH 685 P – Ophthalmology Clerkship (Elective)
Orthopaedic
- ORTHP 680 P-General Orthopaedic Clerkship VAWC
Otolaryngology
- OTOHN 682 P – Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Clerkship – VA
- OTOHN 688 Anchorage, AK
Pediatrics
- PEDS 611 City Doc Free Teen Clinic
- PEDS 631 P-LIC
- PEDS 658 P-Pediatric General Clerkship – Boise
- PEDS 665 P Pediatric General Clerkship – Harborview Clinic and Odessa Brown Clinic
- PEDS, Wenatchee Valley, WA
- PEDS, Pocatello, ID
Psychiatry
- PBSCI 661 Psychiatry, Helena, MT
- PBSCI 665 P-Basic Clinical Clerkship VA
- PDSCI 668 P Spokane Psychiatry Residency
- PBSCI 672 P Clerkship in Primary Care Psychiatry at Boise VAMC (Elective)
- PBSCI, Eastern State Hospital- Spokane
Radiology
- RADGY 691 Anchorage, AK (4)
Surgery
- SURG 603 P – Clinical Clerkship – Spokane VAMC
- SURG 646 Rural Surgery – Gillette, WY
- SURG 661 P – Surgical Intensive Care Unit Sub-Internship VA (Elective)
- SURG 664 P – Sub-Internship in General Surgery VAMC (Elective)
- SURG 673 P – Clinical Clerkship
Urology
- UROL 679 P – Uology P-Urology Clerkship Boise VA