Training Future Pediatric and Physician Leaders
The UW Department of Pediatrics Medical Education program is designed to train skillful physicians with ingrained habits of lifelong learning and well-formed ethical and professional modes of practice, consistent with the mission of UW GME (Graduate Medical Education) to improve the health of the public by fostering the professional growth of physician-leaders within a supportive and dynamic culture of learning, building the foundation for a workforce that represents and enhances the communities we serve.
Core Training Sites
Students and Trainees receive clinical training and mentorship at multiple facilities, including:
University of Washington Medical Center
UW Medical Center (UWMC) - Montlake is a 450-bed teaching and research hospital offering comprehensive care including complete medical, surgical, ob-gyn, and psychiatric services and is rated as one of the top-10 hospitals in the U.S. Patients are referred from the UW Medicine sites and from community practitioners from the WWAMI region. The nearly 400 attending physicians on staff are full-time faculty members of the highly regarded UW School of Medicine.
The University of Washington Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, serves as an outstanding site for learning key concepts of adult gastroenterology and furthering procedural skills. Our fellows work alongside adult gastroenterology and hepatology providers, fellows of the UW GI fellowship program, and UW medical students. Due to the University's GI programs, the emphasis is on tertiary and quaternary care, and furthering procedural experience.
GI specific educational collaborations between our group at Seattle Children's and the UW GI groups include weekly lectures, GI Grand Rounds, Mortality and Morbidity, Journal Club, and multiple other educational opportunities.
Seattle Children's
Seattle Children's is both a community hospital for greater Seattle and the pediatric referral center for the Northwest, providing excellent pediatric care to meet the medical, surgical and developmental needs of children in the WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho). Serving as the main clinical training site for pediatric residents, this 423-bed hospital is conveniently located 1.5 miles from the University of Washington campus in a residential neighborhood of Seattle. The staff consists of University faculty and Seattle Children's full-time physicians.
Additional Information
Harborview Medical Center
Harborview Medical Center (HMC) is one of the nation's leading academic medical centers and the only Level I adult and pediatric trauma center serving Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Harborview Medical Center cares for potential neurosurgical cases of abusive head trauma, all serious burns and trauma and adult and child victims of sexual assault. The medical center is owned by King County and managed by the University of Washington. Harborview has a specific mission to care for the community's most vulnerable patients. UW Department of Pediatrics fellows see consults at HMC in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), burn unit, emergency department and pediatric unit.
A Unique Medical Education
The UW School of Medicine is the home site for the WWAMI Regional Medical Education program, named for the five states it serves: Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. The program provides training in primary care, family, medicine, and rural medicine to medical students and residents across the region. It has been recognized for decades as one of the most innovative medical education and training programs nationwide.
All medical students and residents within the Department of Pediatrics benefit from the opportunity to train in rural hospitals and community clinics within the WWAMI region as part of their medical education.
Medical Student Program
The Department of Pediatrics and the UW School of Medicine are committed to providing the highest quality educational experience possible for students. The UW School of Medicine sponsors over 390 medical student positions.
Residency Program
The Department of Pediatrics sponsors over 130 resident positions, focused on meeting the needs of the WWAMI region. Our residency program trains leaders in an inclusive environment through diverse experiences encompassing the breadth of pediatrics, and promotes high quality care, appropriate independence, and personal and professional resilience to fulfill career goals.
Fellowship Programs
The Department of Pediatrics and its major affiliated hospitals sponsor over 100 fellowship positions in a wide range of specialties, providing mentorship and preparing trainees for successful careers.
Leadership Training
UW has two interdisciplinary training programs aimed at developing a workforce of leaders in developmental disability and adolescent health.
Education Leadership
Director, Graduate Medical Education, WWAMI, and Medical Student Programs
