Type | Public |
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Established | 1946[1] |
Parent institution | University of Washington |
Accreditation | Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education |
Dean | Tim Dellit |
Academic staff | 1,800 |
Students | 957 |
Location | , , U.S. 47°38′56″N 122°18′25″W / 47.649°N 122.307°W |
Campus | Urban |
Website | uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine |
The University of Washington School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Washington, a public research university in Seattle, Washington. According to U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Best Graduate School rankings, University of Washington School of Medicine ranked #1 in the nation for primary care education, and #7 for research.
The University of Washington School of Medicine is the first public medical school in the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. The school maintains a network of teaching facilities in more than 100 towns and cities across the five-state region. As part of this "WWAMI" partnership, medical students from Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho spend their first year and a half at the University of Wyoming, the University of Alaska Anchorage, Montana State University, or the University of Idaho, respectively.[2] In addition, sixty students in each class are based at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.[3] Preference is given to residents of the WWAMI states.