The WRITE Program is a 20-week rural clinical medical training experience for a pre-selected group of third-year medical students.

During the student’s third year and prior to embarking on the WRITE experience, they will complete:

• 8 weeks of Inpatient Internal Medicine
• 6 weeks of Surgery
• 6 weeks of OB/GYN
• 3 weeks of Psychiatry/Behavioral Sciences
• 3 weeks of Pediatrics

Following the required WRITE Orientation which is held in Seattle just prior to the start of the on-site portion of the program, the students will report to their selected site where they must complete, by mid-June, their remaining 20 weeks of third-year requirements, including:

• 6 weeks of Family Medicine
• 4 weeks of Outpatient Internal Medicine
• 3 weeks of Psychiatry/Behavioral Sciences
• 3 weeks of Pediatrics
• 4 weeks of an elective experience in Family Medicine
• A Community Service Project
• An exit interview with Dr. Thomas Norris, Vice Dean of Academic Affairs and WRITE Co-Chair, upon the student’s return to Seattle

Following the WRITE site experience, students are ready to begin their fourth year and complete their remaining clinical requirements.

Further information about the WRITE Program is available in the University Of Washington School Of Medicine Academic Affairs and WWAMI Regional Offices, and at the UW Medicine Medical School Web Page: http://www.uwmedicine.org/Education/WWAMI/Medical+School.html