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Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) in Yakima, Washington, is a private, graduate-level health sciences institution best known for its mission to educate healthcare professionals dedicated to serving rural and medically underserved communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. Its flagship and most prominent program is the College of Osteopathic Medicine (PNWU-COM), which is strongly complemented by expanding offerings in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and medical sciences. The campus culture is tight-knit, collaborative, and deeply service-oriented, shaped by mature, mission-driven graduate students who work closely together rather than competing against one another. A distinctive hallmark of PNWU is its decentralized clinical education model, which embeds third- and fourth-year medical students directly into regional clinics and hospitals across a five-state footprint to foster hands-on, community-based practice.
Wikipedia:Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) is a private medical school in Yakima, Washington, United States. The university focuses on educating health care professionals to serve "rural and medically underserved communities throughout the Northwest". 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. Since then, PNWU has continued to expand and now includes the School of Physical Therapy (SOPT), School of Occupational Therapy (SOT), and a School of Dental Medicine (SDM).
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