Students meet this requirement in a few ways:
- RUOP: Rural Underserved Opportunities Program or GHIP: Global Health Immersion Program
- PCP: Primary Care Practicum at an underserved site
- Your PCP coordinator at your Foundations site will ask for your preferences — be sure to request an underserved site.
- Check to see if your PCP site counts as underserved for UP credit by seeing if it’s listed here; if it’s not, you can reach out to the UP Program Manager at upath@uw.edu with the site name, city, state, and preceptor name.
- Preclinical preceptorships at an underserved site
- These preceptorships may be completed in any department and may be approved for Underserved Pathway credit as long as they are completed in an underserved setting.
- Check with each department for more information on their preceptorship options in underserved settings.
- Please email the UP Program Manager at upath@uw.edu for pre-approval of your preceptorship if you would like it to satisfy this pathway requirement.
NOTE: If you were unable to meet this requirement in your Foundations years, you can meet this requirement by completing an additional 4 credits (2 weeks) of clinical rotations beyond the required 12 credits (6 weeks) of clinical rotation at an underserved site. See clinical courses for sites that qualify