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The Underserved Pathway supports medical students and residents interested in working with the underserved by providing an array of mentorship, academic and experiential activities.
Our goal is to prepare future providers to work with a variety of underserved populations by providing a foundation in the form of a knowledge base and real-world experiences.
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Who are the Underserved?
The underserved include individuals and communities that experience barriers in accessing quality healthcare because of contextual factors such as ethnicity, gender, disability, socioeconomic status and life circumstance.
Pathway Goals
The Underserved Pathway is administered by the UW Department of Family Medicine. This pathway provides academic and clinical resources to prepare medical students to care for a variety of underserved populations including rural, urban and international communities and populations.
Pathway Benefits
- Focused clinical experience working with the underserved.
- Guidance and support from an Underserved Pathway mentor.
- Unique web-based curriculum and knowledge base about the ethics, research and policies that affect the underserved.
- Certificate of Completion upon Graduation and acknowledgement of pathway involvement in Medical Student Performance Evaluation.
The Underserved Pathway works closely with the other School of Medicine pathways: Indian Health Pathway, the Global Health Pathway, and the Hispanic Health Pathway.
Contact
The Underserved Pathway is administered by the Department of Family Medicine.
Postal address:
University of Washington
Department of Family Medicine
Box 356390
Seattle, WA 98195-6390
Office: Health Sciences Building, Room E-304
Telephone: 206.543.9425
Fax: 206.543.3821
Frederick Chen, M.D., M.P.H. Faculty Advisor
Email: fchen@u.washington.edu
Rachel Lazzar , M.S.W., Program Coordinator
Email: rlazzar@u.washington.edu
World Wide Web: http://courses.washington.edu/upathway/