Targeted Rural and Underserved Track (TRUST)

Jay Erickson, Suzanne Allen, Tom Greer accept the STFM Innovative Program Award for TRUST.
Jay Erickson, Suzanne Allen, Tom Greer (not pictured: John McCarthy) accept the STFM Innovative Program Award for TRUST.
TRUST Co-Director Tom Greer, TRUST Scholars Alex SnowMasara and Jesse Maupin and Dr. Francis Spain
Caleb Barnhill (E11 TRUST Scholar) and Dr. John McCarthy in Chelan, WA – RUOP 2012
Dr. Clements, Scott Hippe, Dr. Harberd, Caleb Barnhill and Dr. Waszkewitz – Chelan, WA
Analiesse Isherwood, E11 TRUST Scholar and Dr. Mark Larson, TRUST Preceptor - Ellensburg, WA
TRUST Continuity Community, Newport, WA - taken by Kial Anderson, TRUST E11
TRUST Continuity Community, Newport, WA - taken by Kial Anderson, TRUST E11
Town Mural: TRUST Continuity Community Site, Lynden, WA
Rebecca Chohlas-Wood (TRUST Scholar), Deb Seal, RN and Jená Sticklin - Lynden, WA - RUOP 2012
The Valley Clinic: TRUST Continuity Community Site, Ellensburg, WA
Katie Martin, E10 TRUST Scholar and Dr. Mark Larson, TRUST Preceptor - Ellensburg, WA
Dr. Mark Larson, TRUST Preceptor, talks to students during Rural Health Course 2
2012 End-of-Year TRUST Event: Dr. David Evans talks about his life in a rural practice
TRUST Scholars Demetra Heinrich and Gus Visscher with UW Faculty Dr. David Evans - 2012 EoY TRUST Event
Brooks G. Ragen, Brooks G. and Suzanne L. Ragen Endowed Scholarship in Medicine Fund & Jens Olsgaard
Wade See, E10 TRUST Scholar and Jens Olsgaard, E08 TRUST Scholar at Student Scholarship Dinner
Jens Olsgaard, E08 TRUST Scholar at the Student Scholarship Dinner
Jens Olsgaard, Jennifer Gibson-Snyder, and Brooks Ragen at the Student Scholarship Dinner
Jens Olsgaard, TRUST Scholar and Dr. Tom Greer, TRUST Co-Director at Student Scholarship Dinner
Student Panel at 2012 WWAMI Faculty Development Meeting, Big Sky MT
Eastern Washington TRUST Scholar Dinner, February 2012
Spring Creek: TRUST Continuity Community Site, Lewiston, MT
TRUST Co-Director, Suzanne Allen, MD, MPH and Associate Dean for Admissions, Carol Teitz, MD
Libby Clinic: TRUST Continuity Community Site, MT (Photo by Mike Guerin)
E10 TRUST Scholar Kelly Fong and UP Director Dr. Sharon Dobie at UWSoM Scholarship Dinner, 2011
Rural Landscape: TRUST Continuity Community Site, Lewiston, MT
E09 WA TRUST Scholars: Tim Hatlen and Sarah Fairchild
Group Photo for Rural Class Spring Quarter 2011 Field-trip to Port Angeles, WA
Kootenai River: TRUST Continuity Community Site, Libby, MT (Photo by Mike Guerin)
Lynden Family Medicine: Jená Sticklin and Dr. Margaret Burden
Ferndale Family Medicine: TRUST Continuity Community Site, WA
Leading the Future of the TRUST Program!
TRUST Students Take on the Challenges of Rural Medicine!
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Spokane Medical Students Exposed to Rural Practice
     - Tara Olson, E11 Washington TRUST Scholar
Haiti: Home of her Heart
     - Analiesse Isherwood, E11 Washington TRUST Scholar

Listen to what TRUST Scholar Kaycee Gardner has to say about the TRUST program

A UW School of Medicine Program Administered by the Department of Family Medicine

The Targeted Rural and Underserved Track (TRUST) seeks to provide a continuous connection between underserved communities, medical education, and health professionals in our region. Our initial goal is to create a full-circle pipeline by guiding qualified students through a special curriculum that connects underserved communities in Washington, Montana and Idaho to the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) and its network of affiliated residency programs in an effort to help meet the workforce needs of the region. As the program develops, we hope to expand its scope to include Wyoming and Alaska.

Information about TRUST:

Objective:

  • To train University of Washington WWAMI medical students for careers working in rural and other underserved areas of Washington, Montana and Idaho.

    • Key Components:

  • Targeted separate admissions process that links students from and back to underserved communities.
  • Links with existing UW courses and programs such as Underserved Pathway, RUOP and WRITE as a vital component of TRUST.
  • Key clinical programs occur in continuity community.
  • TRUST links Scholars with residency programs that have an underserved training focus.
  • Links with communities to identify and promote their needs and resources for health workforce training.

    • TRUST is administered by the UWSOM Department of Family Medicine and the Montana, Eastern Washington and Idaho Regional Offices.