At our local pharmacies, we expect that prescribed medications will be in stock and that the well-educated pharmacist staff will clear up any uncertainties we have. Those norms don't exist everywhere...
In a push to keep health professions on pace with changing demographics, the University of Washington will create a Health Professions Academy to cultivate and recruit undergraduate students from...
Timothy Woodiwiss left high school at 16 to work at McDonald's. He joined the National Guard at 18 to help in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Through multiple career and family changes, he always kept...
The University of Washington (UW) and Gonzaga University (GU) have signed an agreement to continue, enhance and expand medical education and research in Spokane.
The agreement makes Gonzaga a partner...
In response to huge demand by students and faculty, the University of Washington School of Nursing has launched a center to elevate and promote global health nursing activities both locally and...
For the 25th consecutive year, the University of Washington’s School of Medicine maintained the No. 1 ranking in family-medicine and rural-medicine training in U.S. News & World Report’s lists of...
Living with childhood injuries and persistent medical problems, Ismail Jatta cultivated patience that has served him well as a caregiver.
Now close to graduation from physician assistant training at...
Surgical residents learn their craft mostly in the operating room, watching and assisting mentors with patient procedures until their skills and poise suffice to fly solo.
Such on-the-job training...
It might have been Alec Gibson’s gentle drawl that did it. He and his patient, another transplanted Southerner, started chatting. They developed rapport.
While this may sound like a standard doctor-...
The University of Wyoming has approved plans to renovate the Laramie campus to accommodate both first- and second-year students simultaneously -- a reflection of new curriculum in the University of...