Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

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Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
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Type Private, non-profit
Established 2005
Budget $14.85 million[1]
President Keith Watson, DO
Dean Thomas A. Scandalis, DO
Academic staff
 46[2]
430 (total)[3]
Location
Yakima
,
Washington
,

USA

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Campus Urban (mid-sized)[3] 64 acres[2]
Website pnwu.edu

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Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) is a private, non-profit medical school for osteopathic medicine located in Yakima, Washington, United States. Founded in 2005, the university's inaugural program was the first new medical school to open in the Pacific Northwest in sixty years. PNWU grants the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree, and graduated its first class of physicians in May 2012.

The Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine is fully accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation.

History

In 2005, early planning and fundraising was underway to open a new osteopathic medical school in Washington State.[4] PNWU received provisional accreditation in 2007. In 2008, the first courses began, and the university’s main building, Butler-Haney Hall, opened at a cost of $13 million.[5] In 2009, the university received a $400,000 federal grant to expand the College of Allied Health Sciences.[6]

In 2012, the inaugural class of 69 students graduated.[7][8]

Mission

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences educates and trains health care professionals emphasizing service among rural and medically underserved communities throughout the Northwest.

Academics

The Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences consists of a single college, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, which grants the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree. It is a four year program. Years 1 and 2 of the DO program consist primarily of classroom-based learning, which focus on the basic sciences.

Years 3 and 4 of the DO program consist of clinical rotations in off-site communities.[9] The school currently has 18 sites for clinical rotations over the five-state region of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Rather than all of the students receiving their clinical training in Yakima, students are required to go to many parts of the Northwestern United States to receive hands-on training. These sites include Fairbanks, Alaska; Blackfoot, Idaho; and Portland, Oregon among 15 others.

In 2015, PNWU was awarded a $1.75 million grant to develop an interprofessional education program from the Health Resources and Services Administration.[10]

A dual DO/MPH degree is offered in association with Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Campus

The campus now consists of four buildings. Butler-Haney Hall is the center of the school where instruction and training occur, as well as housing the College of Osteopathic Medicine's Library. A new addition to Butler-Haney Hall was completed in 2013. Cadwell Center opened in January 2011, and provides additional rooms for study, classroom and research space.[11] A new University Conference Center is expected to be complete by the spring of 2015[12] and this building coupled with Iron Horse Lodge (Administration building) brings the total of four buildings to the growing PNWU campus. Starting in the fall of 2015 PNWU in conjunction with Washington State University will be opening a Pharmacy school which will be granting PharmD degrees.[13] A local business developer is in the finishing touches of completing a three story series of single,two and three bedroom apartments immediately to the south of campus.[14]

Students

PNWU Demographics[15]
Students
Asian 14%
Black/African American 0%
Hispanic 6%
Two or more 6%
White/Non-Hispanic 69%
Unknown 3%

A total of 430 students are in attendance at PNWU for the 2014–15 academic year. About 46 percent of PNWU students are female; 54 percent are male. About 69% are White/Non-Hispanic, 14% Asian/Pacific Islander, 6% Hispanic, 6% identify as two or more ethnicities, and the remaining students are of unknown ethnicity.[15]

Students at PNWU participate in a number of clubs on campus and an active student government association. Clubs on campus include: American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP), American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), American Medical Student Association (AMSA). There is an active chapter of Sigma Sigma Phi, the osteopathic honors society.

Accreditation

The College of Osteopathic Medicine is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation.[16]

See also

References

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