For 23 years, T479 was the hub of the MEDEX Northwest program to educate physician assistants. Last month, the program shed the confines of that old classroom, moving into new digs that allow web-...
What does it take to become a physician assistant? During their first year at MEDEX Northwest, students learn in class how to take a medical history and perform an exam, and then apply those lessons...
An opinion piece in the June 21 edition of the Billings Gazette advocates for the creation of a psychiatry residency training program in Montana.
The editorial praises existing Montana residency...
Recognition of depression as a global problem has increased dramatically over the last decade, partly through the efforts of University of Washington faculty to broaden awareness and treatment in the...
The UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science has launched a program to expand mental health services across the state.
The program will train psychiatrists to partner and consult with...
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...
The 2016-17 Magnuson Scholars were recently named. The students, one from each of the six Health Sciences schools, were selected for outstanding academic performance and potential contributions to...
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...
Dr. Jeff Sung first felt the anguish and guilt of losing a patient to suicide when he was a UW resident training in psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
“I had just seen the person the previous day...
Delivering healthcare in a refurbished RV has an appeal far different than a clinic setting, says Kira Sandon. In training for her physician assistant degree in the UW's MEDEX program, she and her...