WWAMI - North Idaho Legislative Tour Presentation

Andrew Turner, PhD, Director University of Idaho – WWAMI Program University of Washington School of Medicine

RPIP

IMA & IHA

Idaho Legislature State Board

of Ed

GME Residencies

UW & UI WWAMI

Off of Rural Hlth

Governor’s IHPEC

Idaho Codes §33-3720 and 33-3717B(7) authorize the State Board of Education to provide access to the WWAMI medical education program at the University of Idaho and the University of Washington School of Medicine.

UW Medicine: Meeting the health care and workforce needs of our region, especially by recognizing the importance of primary care and providing service to underserved populations.

The University of Idaho is responsible for regional medical education programs in which the state of Idaho participates.

UW Medicine is ranked #1 in U.S. for primary care training (19 years as #1)

UW Medicine is ranked #1 in U.S. for public university NIH research funding (2nd to Harvard - #1 private school)

UW Medicine’s operating revenue in FY12 was $3.6 Billion.

Each month, we have 40-50 WWAMI medical students training in Idaho clinics and communities.

49th in nation for physicians per 100K population (182.2)

48th in nation for primary care physicians per 100K population (67.2)

Total active physicians in Idaho: 2872 23.3% (670) over age 60 86% (2474) over age 40

2003 – Idaho Rural Physician Incentive Program created by legislature

All Idaho-supported medical students pay annual fee into endowment (4% of support)

Program awards up to $50K over 4 years Eligible physicians: family, internal medicine,

pediatrics, general psychiatry, general surgery in underserved/rural areas

Since 2010 – awards made to recruit/retain physicians in Emmett, Jerome, St. Anthony, Blackfoot, Pocatello, Montpelier, Caldwell, & Nampa.

Medical licensing exam pass rate: 100% (national – 93%)

Rate of return: 50% (national – 41%) Return on Investment: 73% (all WWAMI

graduates practicing in Idaho) Graduates selecting primary care specialties:

45% (ten year average, 2003-2012)

WWAMI Graduates’ Practice Sites 1976- 2012 Montpelier

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Medical Specialties of Idaho WWAMI Graduates (Total: 609)

Years: 1976 - 2012

Idaho WWAMI Education, Research, and Doctors generate –

$292 Million in Sales + $164 Million in Wages + $2.5 Million in annual Taxes + 2,259 Jobs

⁼ $5 for every State dollar invested (national average: $2.30)

Yes – 1. Continue to improve our biomedical teaching

and research capacity here in Idaho, through new faculty and facilities

2. Expand the Idaho medical student class size, through the implementation of the TRUST rural training program.

University of Idaho – IRIC Integrated Research & Innovation Center

WWAMI Medical Education –4th Floor

Atrium view towards the west

No. 1 Capital Development Project for Biomedical Research and Medical Education

A structured, rural training program that starts with selection, provides a four-year medical education connection between rural communities and medical students, and supports rural physicians in Idaho.

Targeted Rural Under-Served Track

Select Idaho students with a background or interest in rural/underserved medicine

Educate students through 4 years of integrated classroom and rural clinical training experiences in Idaho and WWAMI region.

Prepare them for residencies with a primary care & rural/underserved emphasis

Recruit and/or retain them in Idaho in our rural and underserved communities