| University of Washington School of Medicine | |
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| Established | 1946 |
| Type | Public |
| Dean | Paul G. Ramsey |
| Academic staff | 1,800 (full time) 4,900 (volunteer) |
| Students | 810 |
| Location | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/ |
The University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) is a public medical school located in Seattle, Washington.
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UWSOM is a graduate school affiliated with the University of Washington, and is the only medical school in the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI). Although serving as the primary medical school for a conglomeration of five states, UWSOM is well-equipped with teaching facilities in more than 100 towns and cities across the five-state region. As part of this partnership, medical students from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming spend their first years at state universities in their home states. In addition, twenty first-year students from Washington are based in Pullman, Washington and take classes with students based at the University of Idaho.[1]
UW Medicine owns or operates the following:
In addition, UW Medicine shares in the ownership and governance of Children’s University Medical Group and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a partnership between UW Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children’s.
The school was founded in 1946 as the 76th medical school in the country and is a leader in primary care, family medicine, biomedical research, experimental therapy, clinical treatments, and academic medicine. The UW School of Medicine is ranked #9 in research and #1 in primary care by U.S. News and World Report.[2][3][4] The UW School of Medicine also ranks as one of the top medical schools in receipt of federal researching funding, having been awarded US$712.3 million in grants by the National Institutes of Health in 2009. Only Harvard Medical School was awarded more federal funding.[5]
Admissions to UWSOM[6] is competitive. In 2008, students accepted to the UWSOM MD program had a median GPA of 3.72 and an average MCAT of 10.7Q.[7] Well over 90 percent of acceptances are applicants from Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana or Idaho. Applicants from outside this region who come from disadvantaged backgrounds and/or who have demonstrated a commitment to serving under-served populations are considered.[8] According to the Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), out of the 3,501 out of region applicants in 2007, 106 were interviewed and 34 were accepted for an acceptance rate of 0.97%.[9][10] Admissions to the UWSOM Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD) is also competitive. 10–14 students are selected each year, of which the average GPA is 3.8 and average MCAT is 36Q.[11]
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