Program Goals

The main goal of the UW Clinical Scholars Program is to prepare talented young physicians for leadership roles in the future American health care system. Specifically, the program seeks:

To provide Scholars with a broad base of knowledge about personal and public health services and the societal factors that influence them
To expand their capacity to use the theory and methods of key non-clinical disciplines in dealing with major health care issues
To help them develop expertise in a specific area appropriate to their interests and long-term career goals
To help them acquire and apply the analytic, communicative, and management skills needed to excel in a variety of professional roles

In selecting and training Scholars, the program emphasizes two areas: (1)major societal health problems; and (2)assuring equity, quality, and ethical standards of care for vulnerable popul ations.

Methods for achieving these goals include:

A core curriculum on basic research methods, epidemiology, biostatistics, the U.S. health care delivery system, health services administration, organizational behavior, health economics, and health po licy.
Advanced elective courses in research methodology and in a wide variety of substantive areas related to program goals, available to Scholars through resources of the entire University of Washington.
Peer interaction through weekly seminars, weekly work-in-progress sesssions, and informal discussions facilitated by shared office space.
Individual research projects that draw on a rich array of opportunities and research mentors in the Seattle area.
Practicum opportunities for Scholars that expose them to the nature of work in local, state, or federal governmental health agencies, major delivery systems, or community health agencies. This is a new fe ature of the UWCSP under the proposed renewal.
Clinical practice for 1/2 to 1 day per week, to help maintain clinical skills.

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Last modified: 1/6/97