Current Underserved Pathway Students

Doctors for America (DFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that organizes and trains doctors and medical students to be leaders in health advocacy. DFA sponsors and coordinates the Copello Health Advocacy Fellowship, which is open to medical students, residents, and attendings free of charge.

Epidemics of Injustice: University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health is an annual course (free and open to the public) that provides public health leaders and community members with tools to address structural determinants of health.

National Rural Health Association (NRHA):

• Profiles of Rural Medical Educators: Conversations with our nation’s experts on reversing rural physician shortages by Emily Onello, MD
• NRHA Rural Health Students Group

UW Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity DE&I Education

Becoming ACEs Aware in California training from Futures Without Violence is a free, two-hour core training to learn about ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), toxic stress, screening, risk assessment, and evidence-based care.

Diabetes In Special And Vulnerable Populations: A National Learning Series – Webinar Resources from the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations

Healthcare for Humans podcast is dedicated to educating clinicians on how to care for culturally diverse communities

Medical Management of Vulnerable and Underserved Patients: Principles, Practice, and Populations, 2e: Complete textbook on Access Medicine (UW NetID required)

Northwest Regional Primary Care Association:

• Free Learning Vault with videos and more

UW Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education Research and Practice (CHSIE)

American Indians, Alaska Natives, and related:

• National Indian Health Board: current public health projects
• Indian Health Service: for providers

Immigrants, refugees, and related:

• American College of Physicians: toolkit for clinicians caring for refugees, asylees, and non-detained asylum seekers living in the US
• EthnoMed by Harborview Medical Center: medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups
  • EthnoMed’s community calendar (related webinars, workshops, conferences, etc.

Incarcerated people:

• National Commission on Correctional Health Care: education and conferences

LGBTQIA+ people:

• Q-Med at UWSOM: The queer medical student organization at UWSOM whose mission is to provide education and information to the medical community and all that are interested in healthcare issues affecting the Queer (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersex, etc.) population.

People with disabilities:

• 2022 CLIME Together Symposium recording: Disability in Healthcare. Includes joint plenary “Becoming Anti-Ableist in Medical Education.”  (duration 2:44:58)
• CLIMEcast Anti-Ableism and Disability Allyship In Medical Education podcast series
• Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) programs to support the IDD and ASD community in Washington

Substance abuse disorders:

• American Society of Addiction Medicine: resources and tools
• Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS): resources for training materials and educational resources for primary care providers who wish to treat opioid use disorder (OUD)

Trans folks:

• World Professional Association for Transgender Health: Standards of Care Version 8