RUOP Program
RUOP Program
The Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP) is a four-week elective immersion experience in community medicine for students between their first and second years of medical school. RUOP provides students with an early exposure to the challenges and rewards of practicing primary care medicine in a rural or urban underserved setting.
CW-AHEC will identify placements for RUOP students in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Okanogan, and Yakima counties in collaboration with the UW Office of Rural Programs, and the EW-AHEC.
Program Goals:
- Provide students with an early exposure to the challenges and rewards of primary care medicine in a rural or urban underserved setting.
- Promote in students a positive attitude toward rural and urban undeserved community medicine.
- Provide students with an opportunity to learn how community health care systems function.
More information on how to apply to RUOP can be found on the RUOP website:
