{"id":1039,"date":"2022-12-07T14:32:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T22:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/gme\/?page_id=1039"},"modified":"2025-08-22T08:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:54:32","slug":"policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/gme\/policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Medicine Network Sites.\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">College of Medicine<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Elson S. 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