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University of Washington WWAMI Area Health Education Center Program records, 1985-1997

Overview of the Collection

Creator
WWAMI Area Health Education Center
Title
University of Washington WWAMI Area Health Education Center Program records
Dates
1985-1997 (inclusive)
Quantity
7.91 cubic feet (8 boxes)
Collection Number
UW Resource No. 00008
Summary
Records of the Center
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Public Records (Public disclosure laws may restrict access to some records).

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Languages
English
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Historical Note

The WWAMI Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program, in the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Office of Rural Programs, works to improve the diversity, distribution, and quality of the healthcare workforce in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. The WWAMI AHEC program relies on partnerships with affiliated AHEC program offices in Montana and Alaska, as well as clinics and communities in the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (the “WWAMI” states). WWAMI AHEC promotes health career pathways, creates healthcare educational opportunities for students from junior high school through professional and post-graduate training, and supports health care providers working with underserved populations. The Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho Area Health Education Center (WWAMI AHEC) Program Office of the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine (UWSOM) began its collaborative work with AHEC Centers in Eastern and Western Washington, Wyoming and Idaho and its affiliated Program Offices in Alaska and Montana starting in the mid-1980s. The WWAMI AHEC has been, and continues to be, an integral part of the larger UWSOM WWAMI program, a 40+ year old medical education program serving the five states. WWAMI AHEC shares the mission and resources with the UWSOM WWAMI program to improve the quality and distribution of all health professionals in our mostly rural region. In 2018, WWAMI AHEC Centers are AHEC of Western Washington in Bellingham, WA; Eastern Washington AHEC in Spokane, WA; Southwest Idaho AHEC in Boise, ID; Northern Idaho AHEC in Moscow, ID; and Southeast Idaho AHEC in Pocatello, ID. The program office is part of the UWSOM Office of Rural Programs and resides on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus. In 2018, the WWAMI AHEC regional centers are: AHEC of Western Washington in Bellingham, WA; Eastern Washington AHEC in Spokane, WA; Southwest Idaho AHEC in Boise, ID; Northern Idaho AHEC in Moscow, ID; and Southeast Idaho AHEC in Pocatello, ID.The WWAMI AHEC Program Office at the University of Washington and its two affiliated programs, the Montana AHEC Program Office at Montana State University and the Alaska Program Office at the University of Alaska, comprise the AHEC program offices in the WWAMI States. WWAMI AHEC now has 5 centers across Washington and Idaho (2 new Centers were added in Idaho with the 2017-18 funding award), the Montana AHEC has 5 Centers, and the Alaska AHEC has 6 Centers. The AHECs have locally representative boards of directors or advisory committees, and each Program Office has a regionally representative Advisory Board. The Centers and Program offices regularly meet as a group convened by the WWAMI AHEC Program Office in the Office of the Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Washington. [https://depts.washington.edu/ahec/about-us/]

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Content Description

Chronological correspondence, director's correspondence, program correspondence, grant records, notes, program application, data base. Bulk of the records is composed of correspondence, including that of Robert Van Citters M.D., who served as director of and principal investigator for the AHEC program 1990-1992.

Administrative records for WWAMI AHEC grants.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Public Records (Use is unrestricted after access has been granted).

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

  • Accession No. 98-038, University of Washington WWAMI Area Health Education Center Program records, 1988-1993
  • Accession No. 19-028, University of Washington WWAMI Area Health Education Center Program records, 1985-1997

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately:

See also the University of Washington School of Medicine, Regional Affairs and Rural Health Records (UW Resource No. 00376)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • University of Washington. University Archives


2019 (Last modified: 4/2/2020)

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