Targeted Rural/Underserved Track

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

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Targeted Rural and Underserved Track (TRUST), will provide a continuous connection between underserved communities, medical education, and health professionals in the region served by the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM).  The goal is to create a full-circle pipeline between underserved communities in the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WWAMI) region by selecting students for a special pathway that connects communities, the UWSOM, and residency programs to help meet the workforce needs of the region.  TRUST has four main objectives: 

1) to develop the infrastructure for a track dedicated to training physicians to work in rural and urban underserved areas;

2) to work with communities to identify their needs and resources for health workforce training and to develop a targeted admissions process that links students from and back to these underserved communities;

3) to expand the Underserved Pathway at the UWSOM and connect it with TRUST; and

4) to link TRUST students with residency programs that have ties with Community Health Centers or to a rural training focus. 

TRUST is currently being administered by the UWSOM Department of Family Medicine and the Montana and Eastern Washington Regional Offices.  TRUST goals will be accomplished by developing the infrastructure and support necessary for a sustainable continuous pipeline between the community, the academic health center, and the health professional.

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