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University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI Program records, 1970-2020

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Washington-Wyoming-Alaska-Montana-Idaho Regional Medical Education Program
Title
University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI Program records
Dates
1970-2020 (inclusive)
Quantity
77.63 cubic feet (44 boxes, 96 quad videotapes)
Collection Number
UW Resource No. 06533
Summary
Administrative records including program files, publications, reports, journals, photographs, audiocassettes, videocassettes and other materials
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, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages
English
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Historical Note

WWAMI is the UW School of Medicine’s multi-state medical education program established to address the shortage of primary care physicians in rural reas. The acronym, WWAMI, stands for the states served by the UW School of Medicine: Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho.

It was established in 1971 between the State of Washington, the University of Washington and the states of Alaska, Montana, and Idaho as a community-based medical education program. Wyoming joined in 1996, expanding the program name from WAMI to WWAMI.

WWAMI supports a network of programs designed to alleviate the shortages of healthcare programs in rural and underserved urban areas. These programs include: WWAMI Area Health Education Center Network (AHEC), WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, Office of Rural Program, and the Center for Health Workforce Studies.

The WWAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies was established at the University of Washington in October 1998 with funding from the Bureau of Health Profession's National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. The Center is based in the Research Section of the Department of Family Medicine, part of the University of Washington School of Medicine. The Center conducts relevant health workforce research and policy analysis in collaboration with federal and state agencies; provides consultation to local, state, regional and national policy makers on health workforce issues; develops and refines analytical methods for measuring state health workforce supply and requirements; contributes to the understanding of health workforce issues and findings; and disseminates study results to a wide audience for application by policymakers.

The Center works in partnership with other WWAMI organizations and offices in Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho, in addition to their particitpation with planning and studies in Utah and Nebraska.

WWAMI website

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Content Description

Correspondence, annual reports, financial records, grant files, legislation, news releases, journals, objects, photographs, other.

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Other Descriptive Information

  • PICCEP: Pacific Islands Continuing Clinical Education Program

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted).

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 10 accessions.

  • Accession No. 81-052, WAMI Program Records, 1972-1981
  • Accession No. 83-016, WAMI Program Records, 1973-1979
  • Accession No. 88-077, WAMI Program Records, 1972-1984
  • Accession No. 89-118, WAMI Program Records, 1970-1984
  • Accession No. 90-188, WAMI Program Records, 1972-1979
  • Accession No. 95-321, WAMI Program Records, 1974-1979
  • Accession No. 98-060, WAMI Program Records, 1970-1995
  • Accession No. 99-026, WAMI Rural Health Research Center Records, 1977-1994
  • Accession No. 04-097, WWAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies Records, 1998-2003
  • Accession No. 22-019, University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI Program records, early 1980s-2020

Acquisition Information

Received from the UW Department of Family Medicine, October 15, 2004.

Processing Note

Minimally processed.

Bibliography

Schwarz. (2014). WAMI : a bold beginning, an experiment in medical education (1st edition.). M. Roy Schwarz.
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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Labor supply--Health aspects
  • Medical policy
  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

  • WWAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies--Archives
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