{"id":192,"date":"2017-11-28T14:46:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T22:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uw.edu\/somrural\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:34:39","slug":"office-of-rural-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.uwmedicine.org\/somrural\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WWAMI<\/strong>Office of Rural Programs<\/strong> (ORP) is a division of the UW School of Medicine Curriculum Office<\/a><\/strong>. Established in 2016, ORP\u00a0unites the RUOP, TRUST, and WRITE programs under one leadership.\u00a0Its\u00a0aim is to develop rural training opportunities in the WWAMI<\/strong> region<\/strong><\/a> and advance the rural physician workforce through quality and innovative medical student training. Since its inception, ORP has added three new programs: WA Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Olympia Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (Olympia LIC), and Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP).<\/p>\n

To learn more about rural opportunities at the UW School of Medicine, contact us.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP)<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nRUOP is a four-week elective immersion experience in community medicine for students between their first and second years of medical school.\u00a0RUOP provides students with an early exposure to the challenges and rewards of practicing primary care medicine in a rural or urban underserved setting. <\/em><\/p>\n

Targeted Rural Underserved Track (TRUST)<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nTRUST trains University of Washington WWAMI medical students for careers working in underserved rural areas and underserved small cities of the WWAMI region. <\/em><\/p>\n

WWAMI Rural Integrated Training Experience (WRITE)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nWRITE offers selected third-year medical students a 21\/24-week clinical education experience at a rural primary care teaching site. Throughout the WRITE clerkship, students experience a broad range of medical, pediatric, obstetric-gynecologic, and psychiatric problems. Emphasis is on the rural physician\u2019s roles and responsibilities to diagnose, treat, and manage most health problems on a longitudinal continuing basis while calling upon the health care resources of the community.<\/em><\/p>\n

WA Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe AHEC program works to improve the diversity, distribution, and quality of the healthcare workforce in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. The WA AHEC Program office works in partnership with regional AHECs to develop programs that will bolster the healthcare workforce in rural and underserved areas.<\/em><\/p>\n

Olympia Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (Olympia LIC)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Olympia LIC is an 11-month longitudinal clerkship with an emphasis on community care and based in the small urban community of Olympia, Washington. A longitudinal integrated clerkship allows a student to experience multiple medical disciplines by combining all clinical rotations into one extended experience. This is opposed to a traditional clerkship that is specialty-focused, such as pediatrics, and usually lasts for a more discrete period of time, often six weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n

Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP)<\/b><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) at the University of Washington includes four programs to help students gain valuable experience in the journey towards a career in healthcare or health related sciences. Our programs are open to high school students, college students, and students currently enrolled in a health professional school.<\/em><\/p>\n

Office of Rural Programs
\nUW School of Medicine
\n1959 NE Pacific Street
\nBox 356340
\nSeattle, WA 98195
\nsomrural@uw.edu<\/a>
\n(206) 685-9497<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a9 July 2022<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Office of Rural Programs (ORP) is a division of the UW School of Medicine Curriculum Office. Established in 2016, ORP\u00a0unites the RUOP, TRUST, and WRITE programs under one leadership.\u00a0Its\u00a0aim is to develop rural training opportunities in the WWAMI region and advance the rural physician workforce through quality and innovative medical student training. Since its inception,…<\/p>\n

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