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R/UOE: Rural/Underserved Observation Experience

The Rural/Underserved Observation Experience (R/UOE) program provides an opportunity for prematriculated medical students to be placed with a preceptor in a rural or underserved clinical site in Western Washington. R/UOE hopes to encourage primary care careers in clinical practice in addition to exposure to a rural or undeserved community.

The program is designed to offer these students a 1-2 day shadowing experience with a rural/urban physician to provide students a glimpse into their new profession in a different way. It also provides an opportunity to orient students to the entire range of AHEC programs supporting recruitment and retention in rural and underserved communities.

Preceptors are practicing physicians in rural sites or urban clinics serving the underserved. Most, but not all, are family physicians. A preceptor must be willing to take responsibility for a student's experience at the site.

All preceptors are appointed as consultants or clinical faculty at the University of Washington School of Medicine. R/UOE is recognized as an official educational program of the School of Medicine. Medical students and their preceptors are indemnified under the University's liability policy for possible incidents arising from the students' participation.

Other Health Professional Rotations  As resources permit, Western Washington Area Health Education Center assists other students in locating rural and underserved rotations. Please contact WWAHEC for more information about an individualized experience.

For more information contact:
Jodi Palmer, Assistant Director
Western Washington Area Health Education Center
2033 Sixth Avenue, Suite 310
Seattle, WA  98121
206.441.7137

WWAHEC
2033 Sixth Avenue, Ste. 310
Seattle, WA  98121
Ph: 206.441.7137
Fax: 206.441.7158

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