1. Welcome Introduction to PNWU Anita Showalter, DO, FACOOG (D)
Associate Dean for Clinical Education
Associate Professor and Chief of Women’s Health
Pacific Northwest University of
Health Sciences
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Marc G. Cote, DO, FACOI, FACP
Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
Associate Professor and Chief of Internal Medicine, Chair of Clinical Medicine
Pacific Northwest University of
Health Sciences
College of Osteopathic Medicine

2. PNWU.edu

3. Recruit Educate Return Linking Medical Education to your Community
PNWU MISSION
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences educates and trains health care professionals emphasizing service among rural and medically underserved communities throughout the Northwest

5. rural or medically underserved areas.
We are proud that over 77 percent of our students are
from the Northwest and almost half are from
rural or medically underserved areas.
Students from our
5-State Catchment
(N=795)

6. PNWU Clinical Rotation Sites
For 3rd & 4th Year COM Students

8. 1 of 17 DO schools with 100 percent placement.
In our history, 100% of graduates who applied for residency have successfully matched. PNWU-COM is
1 of 17 DO schools with 100 percent placement.
LEARN.
CARE.
COMMUNITY.

9. (Students Eligible to Match and that Participated in and Completed the Residency Match Process)

13. Interprofessional Collaborations
PNWU
WSU HU
CWU
Yakima Valley Interprofessional Practice and Education Collaborative (YVIPEC)
Our Mission:
Our mission is to promote the highest quality of health care through creating a culture of inclusive and collaborative interprofessional education, scholarship, and practice.
Our Vision:
Our vision is that health care professionals will practice collaboratively to achieve better overall health for their communities.

14. Interprofessional Education: Partnerships at PNWU
Osteopathic Medicine
Pharmacy Nursing
Physician Assistants Nursing
EMS Paramedicine
Dietetics
Looking to the Future:
EMS
PT / OT
Nutrition
Dentistry
Behavioral / Social Work
Allied Health

15. Community Training: Preceptoring Students in a Busy Practice
Preceptors are busy physicians with their own practices
Many physicians are on production models
Students can be utilized in health care delivery so the physician can keep on task
EMR training – Students can document the ROS and history as a medical students
PNWU students who have completed scribe training can fully document the physician’s note in the chart with appropriate signatures
Students can do patient education
Have students spend extended time with your patients who like to talk
Third year osteopathic students are skilled in osteopathic manipulation – many patients appreciate appropriate OMT
Students can help meet clinic metrics

16. Community Training: Advantages for Preceptors
Students keep you fresh and challenge you to stay up to date
Being a professor raises your esteem in the eyes of your patients and colleagues
Teaching energizes and reminds you of why you went into medicine
Patients appreciate the extra time students give raising patient satisfaction scores
Students sometimes remember the less likely diagnoses that are not often seen
Students can act as medical scribes and help the physician stay on time
PNWU preceptors have access to online library services and research assistance
Becoming a preceptor helps assure rural and underserved communities of the Pacific Northwest that their communities will have access to highly qualified physicians for future generations

17. Community Training: Preceptoring Students in a Busy Practice
How to train students without getting behind - The secret is putting the student to work while you stay on task
Physician
3rd Year Student
4th year Student
9:00 Patient 2
Patient 1
9:00 Patient 2
9:15 Patient 3
9:15 Patient 3
9:30 Patient 4
9:30 Finish 1
9:45 Finish 1
9:45 Patient 5
Patient 4
10:00 Patient 6
Patient 5
10:15 Patient 7
10:15 Finish 4
10:30 Patient 8
Patient 7
10:45 Finish 5
10:45 Patient 9
Preceptor stays on time
Preceptor gets ahead

18. Questions?