UW rips WSU-commissioned study on new medical school – Tue, 16 Sep 2014 PST

The University of Washington on Monday criticized as seriously flawed a feasibility study supporting a second public medical school that would be established in Spokane by Washington StateUniversity.

WSU commissioned the study, released last week, that concluded WSU could educate medical students more cheaply thanUW.

That conclusion is based on the UW School of Medicine receiving about $94.6 million in state funding in 2011. The WSU consultants preparing the study simply divided that $94.6 million figure by 440 medical students to arrive at a per-student cost to the state of$215,000.

UW regent Orin Smith

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A UW task force on medical education will hold the last of its statewide meetings in Spokane. The task force was created in the spring to look at the future of the WWAMIprogram.

The University of Washington on Monday criticized as seriously flawed a feasibility study supporting a second public medical school that would be established in Spokane by Washington StateUniversity.

WSU commissioned the study, released last week, that concluded WSU could educate medical students more cheaply thanUW.

That conclusion is based on the UW School of Medicine receiving about $94.6 million in state funding in 2011. The WSU consultants preparing the study simply divided that $94.6 million figure by 440 medical students to arrive at a per-student cost to the state of$215,000.

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