{"id":13,"date":"2024-05-08T12:52:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T19:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-12-22T10:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:44:23","slug":"md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/alumni\/md\/","title":{"rendered":"MD Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meeting Our Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To date, 43% MD alumni from our first two classes (2021 and 2022) have completed residency training and entered practice. Here\u2019s how they are meeting our mission<\/a> as physicians in the community:<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t32%<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tWho completed residency out of state have returned to practice in Washington<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t95.6%<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tWho completed residency in Washington have remained for practice<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t26.7%<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tAre practicing in a Washington Rural, Frontier One, or Frontier Two county*<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

*See the WA Office of Financial Management Population Density website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Area Serving<\/th>In Washington<\/th>Overall<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Practicing primary care in a Primary Care Health Professions Shortage Area<\/td>73.3%<\/td>62.5%<\/td><\/tr>
Practicing in a Medically Underserved Area or Population<\/td>66.7%<\/td>69%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n
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MD Alumni News<\/h2>\n\n\n
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College of Medicine Doctors in the Community <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

See where MD alumni have gone for residency, fellowship, and\/or practice. <\/p>\n\n\n

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