Anchorage – MEDEX Northwest

Classroom and Campus

The MEDEX Anchorage classroom and offices are located in the new Health Sciences Building on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus. UAA is home to a range of health science education programs, including the WWAMI School of Medicine, the Division of Population Health Sciences and the School of Nursing, making for excellent inter-professional opportunities. Like its counterparts at the other four MEDEX campuses, the Anchorage classroom supports the hybrid-educational requirements of contemporary PA education generally and the MEDEX curriculum in particular. Whether delivered virtually or in-person, Anchorage students experience lectures, workshops, discussions, exams and applied learning in direct and powerful ways.

Classroom and Campus

Getting Around

Whether you are coming from outside of the state or from within, getting to and from Anchorage is easy. Anchorage is at the center of air travel inside Alaska, in fact, with more intrastate flights than any other place in Alaska. It’s also at the center of the state’s highway network. Parking is available near the UAA Health Sciences Center. UAA-affiliated students also have access to the People Mover and AnchorRides bus programs. Trails, paths, and bicycle routes are springing up across Anchorage and beyond as well. Anchorage boasts over 120 miles of paved bike and multi-use trails, 130 miles of winter walkways, 105 miles of maintained ski trails, 36 miles of dog mushing trails and some 90 miles of non-paved hiking trails.

Getting Around

In and Around Anchorage

Anchorage is proud of its frontier heritage, but also boasts the range of restaurants and cultural venues expected in a major urban setting, including the Alaska Native Heritage Center and the Alaska Center for Performing Arts. Anchorage is home to three large hospitals, including the 150-bed Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC). The ANMC provides free medical services to anyone of Native Alaskan heritage, and operates the innovative Traditional Healing Clinic within a western medical facility. Outside of Anchorage, Alaska is made up of cultures and environments that vary greatly across the state. These village communities are in some of the most remote locations in the world, and access may only be available by small aircraft, boats, or snowmobiles. There are 229 federally-recognized Tribes in Alaska, in addition to others not (yet) federally recognized. There are 20+ Alaska Native languages and 300 dialects. And of course, the beautiful wilderness famously offers hunting and fishing, hiking, skiing, kayaking and more.