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WWAMI – Living, working the rural life in Libby, Montana while learning to be a doctor.
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Nestled in the Rocky Mountains in the heart of Kootenai Valley, Libby’s beauty and remoteness are known more for attracting outdoorsmen than providing a resource for medical training.
The humdrum of a small town doesn’t evoke exhilarating images of medical students huddled to observe open-heart surgery or brainstorming diagnoses for unusual diseases.
However, Libby has hosted medical students for a few decades now, offering future doctors a glimpse into rural medicine and lifestyle of a small community.
Emily Beck, a third-year medical student at the University of Washington School of Medicine, began her family medicine clerkship last week under Dr. Greg Rice at the Libby Clinic.
“Because I haven’t had any family medicine (training) yet, I’m thinking ‘Wow!’” Beck said last week. “I’m seeing everything so far: old people, young people, babies – I watched a c-section just this morning.”
Beck is part of the WWAMI http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/Education/WWAMI/ (an acronym for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) Rural Integrated Training Experience, or WRITE program, which sends third-year medical students to hospitals and doctor’s offices in 11 rural communities.
By Canda Harbaugh, The Western News
Full Story: http://www.thewesternnews.com/articles/2009/02/12/news/doc4991dc7f80d6f511866357.txt
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WWAMI funding maintained in initial vote
By DANIEL PERSON Chronicle Staff Writer
HELENA – Amid fears that budget cuts are on the way, state programs that make medical school more affordable for Montana students made it through their first budget committee unscathed Wednesday.
By a unanimous vote, the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Education approved giving the WICHE, WWAMI and Minnesota dental programs about $1.4 million for the next two years. That is enough to maintain the 43 slots now available each year in the programs.
Full Story: http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/02/12/news/50wwami%20program.txt
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