Why Study at U of I/WSU WWAMI?

  1. Individual attention from faculty. You will spend your first year of medical school in a class of only 38 students, receiving individual attention from world-class faculty.
  2. Extraordinary first-year clinical experience. You will become immersed in clinical experiences far most extensive than you would find at other medical schools, immediately learning to interview patients and participate in assessment of their problems.
  3. A chance to make a difference. After you complete your first year, you can apply your medical knowledge to help people in underserved communities or conduct research that could influence or understanding and practice of medicine nationwide.
  4. Equal strength in exam performance. You will study the same curriculum as your counterparts in Seattle, using carefully-coordinated text and subject matter.
  5. Ahead in the curve in practice. The WWAMI program provides intensive, supervised exposure to clinical environments, so your experience with patient contact and clinical medicine will exceed that provided to students outside of the program.
  6. Research: a prescription for advancing health care. In the WWAMI program you will work side by side with distinguished faculty whose discoveries have advanced medical science worldwide.
  7. Training that spans multiple disciplines. The faculty will broaden and deepen your medical knowledge by presenting perspectives from diverse disciplines, from biochemistry to psychology, with an interdisciplinary approach.
  8. Small-class and seminar-based learning. In the program, you will enjoy individual attention from your professors. Small classes put you on a first-name bases with a faculty members and colleagues.
  9. Your chance to take the lead. You will have opportunities to play leading roles in community outreach programs, from health fairs to elementary science programs.
  10. A diverse, culturally rich community. Our university setting welcomes students form 50 states and nearly 100 countries.