WWAMI - North Idaho Legislative Tour Presentation

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

IMA & IHA GME Residencies

RPIP

Idaho Legislature

Off of Rural Hlth

State Board of Ed

UW & UI WWAMI

Governor’s IHPEC

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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

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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.

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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 19762012 Montpelier

160 146

# of Graduates in Specialty

140 120 100

Medical Specialties of Idaho WWAMI Graduates (Total: 609) Years: 1976 - 2012

80 60 40

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Idaho WWAMI Education, Research, and Doctors generate –

$292 Million in Sales + $164 Million in Wages + $2.5 Million in annual Taxes + 2,259 Jobs â ź $5 for every State dollar invested (national average: $2.30)

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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

No. 1 Capital Development Project for Biomedical Research and Medical Education Atrium view towards the west

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A structured, rural training program that starts with selection, provides a fouryear 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