Residency Life
There’s a reason the unofficial slogan for the WSU Pullman campus is “We always find our way back home.” Once you’ve been to Pullman, you take advantage of any opportunity to return.
Whether you will be returning to Pullman or living here for the first time, you’ll find yourself feeling at home right away. In this familial atmosphere, residents are embraced by the faculty, medical staff, and community.
What Residents are Saying
“The faculty at this residency program goes above and beyond in supporting resident’s pursuit of special interests. They actively seek out ways to further learning in desired areas and topics. Between the curriculum and the faculty, there are a multitude of opportunities to shape your education to prepare you for the type of practice you would like to have one day.”
– Jeff Ward, DO
“One of the coolest things about working in Pullman is just how excited the community is to have a residency program and how gracious everyone has been. My patient interactions have been enriching and although I am just getting started with building my patient panel, I feel like I am already starting to build some gratifying physician-patient relationships.”
–Mohammed Younes, MD
Life in the Family Medicine Residency Center
Attached to the clinic space is the primary residency space. Here houses the faculty offices, Program Coordinator office, Break-Room (full sized fridge), restroom, resident offices, and the Team Room.
Each Resident has their own work station with dual monitor desktop computer and optional dictation device. Lockers for storage are located adjacent to the work station with the wellness room right around the corner.
The Team Room is a large workroom where precepting, clinic-team morning huddles, and academic half-day occurs. Each station is set up with dual monitors to aid in efficient charting. The room is equipped with a large smart board and recording equipment. This really is the heart of the Residency Center.
Salary & Benefits
Washington State University, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine offers a variety of comprehensive benefits to eligible trainees (residents and fellows) and their families.
Living in Pullman, WA
Pullman is located in the heart of the Palouse, one of the most beautiful places in the Pacific Northwest, 75 miles south of Spokane and 280 miles east of Seattle.
Wellness Resources
WSU Family Medicine Residency Program–Pullman aims to train excellent family physicians well suited to care for our communities, while concurrently supporting residents’ efforts to be healthy and find meaning and joy in their work.
Activities Supporting Our Resident Wellness Include
- Learning and tracks geared toward each resident’s personal interests and career goals.
- Availability of personal counseling, marriage counseling, stress management help available through GME via Tend Health.
- Community ambassadors – sponsor fun activities, help support residents and their families moving in, etc.
- Social activities such as ax throwing, pottery, cider pressing, paddle boarding, virtual reality, dinners together, ice cream, golf.
- WSU sports games.
- Annual holiday party with faculty, residents, clinic staff and Santa Claus!
- Wellness days throughout the year.
- First Wednesday of the month – time set aside during didactics for the residents to gather, have a meal together.
- Scavenger hunt to get to know the community.
- “Gamifying learning” with Murder Mystery, Haunted Hospital Escape Room and Wilderness Medicine adventures.
- Personal space for each resident in the residency center.
- Didactics in things that help residents navigate future career aspirations – such as navigating employment contracts or setting up financial plans.
- Community involvement through local family fairs, school events, sports physicals and more.
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