President: Medical education plan sound, cost effective

perspectives-2012-120pPULLMAN, Wash. – Recent reports may have created some confusion about exactly what Washington State University is pursuing in the medical education realm and whether that path is viable. As the conversation regarding medical education and our statewide physician shortage continues, it is important that we ground the discussion in facts.

The single most important differentiator in Washington State University’s pursuit of a separately accredited medical school in Spokane is the community-based model.

Read all of WSU President Elson S. Floyd’s Perspectives column at http://president.wsu.edu/blog/perspectives/.