WSU RECEIVES $2.5 MILLION TO EXPAND STREET MEDICINE TRAINING

PULLMAN, Wash., Sept. 8 -- Washington State University issued the following news release:

For people living in shelters or on the street, getting medical care can be difficult or impossible. A new federal grant will help Washington State University train doctors to bring that care directly to them.

The $2.5 million, five-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration will establish street medicine rotations in Everett and Spokane for residents in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, a partnership between WSU's Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine and Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. Each year, six to 12 doctors will learn to care for people experiencing homelessness in mobile clinics, shelters and other sett...