Internal Medicine WWAMI page

My month in anchorage at the Alaska Native Medical Center was a really wonderful! Most of the nuts and bolts have been posted by Kanishka so I won’t belabor them. I went in December in the middle of my R2 year and despite being shorter days (yes there is about 7 hours of light at [...]

I loved my month in Soldotna, couldn’t have asked for a better experience! December was a lovely time to be there–the days weren’t as short as it would seem, due to extended dusk and dawn, and the fresh snow was beautiful. Peninsula Internal Medicine is a very special clinic–the docs and patients are wonderful. The [...]

Everything on this blog about Soldotna is true.  Read the other entries and check out my pictures from a road trip down to Homer (70 miles South of Soldotna).  Click on the pics for full size images.

The Kenai Range

Howdy, my name is Kanishka Garvin, and I’m currently an R3 and just finished my WWAMI rotation at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. It was a great experience and strongly encourage anyone interested to do it.
The rotation had been primarily a hospitalist rotation, though now, they have opened opportunities for more critical [...]

I just spent a month in wonderful Soldotna, AK and highly recommend it for anyone considering a WWAMI month. It’s great opportunity to experience rural medicine at it’s finest. Over half of the attendings are UW graduates and display a range of practice styles that are all top notch. An average day [...]

My name is Adam Corson and I was an R3 when I did my WWAMI month at Alaska Native Medical Center in 5/09.  This is a hospitalist rotation.  The town of anchorage has all the resources you need, but is somewhat laking in character/things to do.  Once outside of Anchorage, however, there is more outdoors things [...]

My rotation in Soldotna has been one of the highlights of my residency.  Soldotna is a small town on the Kenai peninsula, 3.5 hours drive south of Anchorage.  I flew into Anchorage and took the Homer Stage Coach shuttle bus to Soldotna, a gorgeously scenic drive with views of water and dramatic mountains (the alternative [...]

I knew I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to visit one of the WAMMI sites from the moment I heard about these amazing experiences on the interview trail.  As a third year resident I was thrilled to finally be scheduled to go to Peninsla Internal Medicine in Soldotna, AK in March.  I couldn’t wait [...]

Things are going well here in Soldotna. I’ve focused my time on learning to read echos and trying my hand at endoscopy. Each day I also do a few consults or admissions in the hospital and see a few patients in clinic. There’s a lot of freedom to vary your clinical experience, [...]