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Peer reviewedDale, David C.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1988
To address problems of geographic and specialty distribution of physicians in the states of Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho, the University of Washington School of Medicine developed a regional program of graduate medical education. The program is centrally coordinated by the school's associate dean for clinical affairs. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Demography, Family Practice (Medicine), Geographic Distribution, Graduate Medical Education
Monaghan, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
Rural areas have difficulty attracting physicians, and they also send fewer students to medical schools than do urban areas. A program at the University of Washington's medical school known as WAMI--for Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho--is trying to combat that problem. (MLW)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Family Practice (Medicine), Geographic Distribution, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAdkins, Ronald J.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1987
In an effort to make the geographic distribution of physicians closer to the distribution of the population as a whole, in 1971 the states of Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WAMI) established the WAMI Program. The results of the first seven years of the program are described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demography, Family Practice (Medicine), Geographic Distribution


