Diversifying Our Nation's Doctors: WWAMI Reaching Out to Underrespresented Students
Diversity
Diversity means many things to many people, but one thing is certain: creating a culture of inclusion that celebrates and includes diverse perspectives —from race, gender, age, language and country of origin to educational background, sexual orientation, physical abilities and ideologies— is a central objective of the world’s most forward-thinking organizations and professionals. The WSU/UI WWAMI Medical Program is one of them.
What is WWAMI?
Washington State University (WSU) and University of Idaho (UI) are members of WWAMI, a regional medical education cooperative program through the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). Students from Idaho and Washington can complete their first year of medical school in Pullman-Moscow. The states involved in the cooperative program are Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, hence the acronym WWAMI.
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Doctors of Color
According to Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S. (2006), of the nation’s 885,000 doctors, just 14 percent of them identify as African American, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Chicano/Latino, or Native American. While the number of female physicians has more than doubled since 1980, they still represent just 26 percent of all physicians. As multicultural populations around the nation grow, there is a great need for doctors of color.
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