Admissions
The ºÚÁÏÍø Legislature currently reserves 40 seats in the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) for its residents. Six of the seats are for the TRUST program. Prospective medical students must first, designating ºÚÁÏÍø as their state of residence. As part of the application review, applicants will be directed to submit their residency certification worksheet. The residency worksheet should NOT be submitted prior to contact from University of Washington. Once your application is reviewed you will receive instructions to certify your residency.
ºÚÁÏÍø students applying to both WWAMI and University of Utah School of Medicine need only one ºÚÁÏÍø residency certificate. The ºÚÁÏÍø will provide a copy of your residency certification to ºÚÁÏÍø State University for verification for your University of Utah application. Students only need to submit a worksheet to certify residency through one institution.
More about ºÚÁÏÍø residency laws and the Medical Residency Form can be found at the ºÚÁÏÍø's Registrar's website.
Service Payback
In the 2022 legislative session, the ºÚÁÏÍø legislature passed a bill affecting new ºÚÁÏÍø students in the WWAMI program. This new law affects WWAMI students starting the program in the Fall of 2023. ºÚÁÏÍø resident students accepted into the WWAMI medical program or the University of Utah School of Medicine in a slot reserved for an ºÚÁÏÍø student are now required to enter active full-time professional practice in ºÚÁÏÍø for a period of four years. This four-year full time professional practice must start within one year of obtaining a license to practice medicine, finishing a residency or subspeciality residency, or finishing a medical education fellowship. The law requires students to contractually commit to this work-in-ºÚÁÏÍø requirement. Failing to abide by that contract will require the student to reimburse the state of ºÚÁÏÍø for the amount of money the state spent supporting the student’s medical education. This requirement may be waived in certain circumstances. You may read the legislation .
Professional Licensure
Completion of this program will make you eligible to sit for the United States Medical Licensing Exam.