WSU Presents at National Rural GME Conference

GME RTT Annual Collaborative Meeting

Members of the WSU College of Medicine’s Graduate Medical Education (GME) team had a strong showing at the RTT Collaborative Annual Meeting earlier this month. The conference is a gathering of rural educators and providers that have a common goal — to improve the health of rural communities with advancement in medical education.

“It was a great conference where educators and learners from rural physician training programs gathered to learn from each other and to create pathways for rural training initiative,” said David Aufdencamp, MBA, designated institutional official for WSU GME.

The presentations included:

One Year Later – Lessons Learned from Starting a FM Residency in a Rural Critical Access Hospital

  • Stephen Hall, MD, Program Director, WSU Family Medicine Residency Program (Pullman)
  • David Aufdencamp, MBA, Director and DIO, WSU College of Medicine
  • Molly Thompson, MD, FAAFP, Associate Program Director, WSU Family Medicine Residency Program (Pullman)

Meeting the Needs of Washingtonians – Training Internal Medicine Residents in Rural Washington through Program Development and Rural Rotations 

  • Matthew Hansen MD, Program Director, WSU Internal Medicine Residency Program (Everett)
  • David Aufdencamp, MBA, Director and DIO, WSU College of Medicine

Faculty Time and CBME – It’s Possible 

  • Jeff Haney, MD, Chair, WSU Department of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences