Community leaders in Spokane want a medical school based here, but they avoided choosing sides on which university should runit.

That was one impression coming out of the first meeting of a task force convened Monday by the University ofWashington.

The task force will consider the future of UWs five-state medical education system called WWAMI, for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana andIdaho.

The developing program The Next Generation WWAMI plan is intended to create a 21st-century curriculum for medical education, to begin in2015. Instead of first- through fourth-year medical education, students will embark on a scientific

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Community leaders in Spokane want a medical school based here, but they avoided choosing sides on which university should runit.

That was one impression coming out of the first meeting of a task force convened Monday by the University ofWashington.

The task force will consider the future of UWs five-state medical education system called WWAMI, for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana andIdaho.

The developing program The Next Generation WWAMI plan is intended to create a 21st-century curriculum for medical education, to begin in2015. Instead of first- through fourth-year medical education, students will embark on a scientific foundation phase with greater emphasis on clinicalcare.

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Medical school task force convenes - Tue, 22 Apr 2014 PST