WWAMI

Regional medical school administrators are requesting more money to expand the number of seats for Idaho in a regional program that educates medical…

Idaho lawmakers are considering a proposal to make more room for Idaho students in a University of Washington med school program. Idaho doesn’t have its…

For decades, rural parts of the Northwest have found it difficult to lure doctors to small towns. Community leaders in Yakima, Wash. went so far as to

University of Idaho President Duane Nellis told state budget writers this morning that the 20 seats funded by the state in WWAMI, the cooperative medical…

Many states don’t have enough doctors. As we’ve been reporting, Idaho has fewer physicians per capita than every state in the nation except…

A scientist with the WWAMI program at Spokane’s WSU Riverpoint campus has received a large grant to study one question: why do humans sleep? Boise State…

More than 500 students from Idaho have become doctors through a special medical exchange program known as WWAMI. It’s named for the five states that are…