KUMC Women in Medicine and Science

The Women in Science and Medicine (WIMS) organization at the University of Kansas School of Medicine (KU SoM) is committed to serving all faculty and trainees at the University of Kansas Medical Center and University of Kansas Health System, including the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and the School of Health Professions.

WIMS Mission:

1. Our mission is focused on advancing the careers and creating a supportive environment for faculty, staff, and trainees through mentoring, networking, and leadership training.

2. To achieve our goals, WIMS provides career development programs, educational seminars, presentations, and social networking events.

For information on programming and how to get involved, please visit the WIMS website at http://www.kumc.edu/wims.html.

Medical Education Network Sites

The Medical Education Network Sites are an integral part of the School of Medicine's mission to implement rural health initiatives throughout the state. Each of the six sites represents a region of Kansas.  Each region has a Rural Medical Education Network (RMEN) Site Director, a practicing physician who also works for the school's Office of Rural Medical Education to promote rural workforce development. RMEN directors help coordinate rural learning opportunities throughout Kansas. Many agencies in the state have this mission in common: the Health Policy Institute, State Data Board, Department of Health and Environment, and KUMC Offices of Admissions, Rural Health Education and Services. An RMEN director may work with these institutions and occasionally work with other health profession schools at KU and other Regents institutions to promote rural learning opportunities.  Specific RMEN activities include:

• Support of local medical center educational programs
• Coordination of local premedical student recruitment activities
• Summer Training Option of Rural Medicine Program
• Scholars in Rural Health
• Identification and development of new health profession education sites.

Rural Track/Options

Pittsburgh Extended Rural Clerkship option, P-ERC, allows up to four students to complete a portion of their third-year clerkships in a rural location. Students can spend up to 12 months at the rural site, where they will complete clerkships in family medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, and surgery rotation. If students elect, they can also complete the 4th year courses in rural preceptorship, sub-internship, critical care, and a rural elective.

In lieu of spending an extended period of time in one rural site, students currently have the option of receiving some of their training in Family Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology in a rural site. Students can exercise this option for one of the clerkships or all of them, as space permits.

Students can spend 2 to 4 weeks on-site, depending on the clerkship.

Scholars in Rural Health

The Scholars in Rural Health program identifies and encourages undergraduate students from rural Kansas to practice medicine in medically underserved counties across Kansas. Using a rigorous admissions process, students are annually selected to participate in a two-year premedical curriculum featuring community-based primary care experiences and other activities. Selection criteria include completion of two years of undergraduate premedical education and evidence of high probability for return to a medically underserved area of Kansas. Students who successfully complete the program during their junior and senior years are assured admission to the School of Medicine. Additional information is available at https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/academics/premedical-programs/scholars-in-rural-health.html.