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Claire Postman is a healthcare attorney in Husch Blackwell’s Denver office.

Thank you to the Wyoming Hospital Association for extending this webinar invitation to WMS members!

Wyoming WWAMI is hiring.

Director - Wyoming WWAMI Medical Education

The incumbent will serve as the Director of the Wyoming WWAMI medical education program in the University of Wyoming (UW) College of Health Sciences, holding a joint appointment with the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). Reporting primarily to the Dean of the College of Health Sciences at UW and secondarily to the Vice Dean for Academic, Rural, and Regional Affairs at UWSOM, the Director is responsible for oversight and management of academic/curricular activities, pipeline, personnel, facility, operations, accreditation, and fiscal matters of the Wyoming WWAMI program, an innovative medical education program in which five states share one medical school (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho). Wyoming WWAMI students complete 18 months of preclinical training at the UW campus in Laramie before completing clinical training throughout the WWAMI region and ultimately graduating with an MD degree from the University of Washington. The target start date is July 2024, with a flexible start date for the right candidate.

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Physician Assistant Program is hiring.

Founding Director - Physician Assistant Program

The University of Wyoming seeks a dynamic, effective, and forward-thinking leader to serve as the Founding Director of its Physician Assistant (PA) Program. This opportunity is made possible by special state funding targeted at improving rural health care. The Director will exercise impactful leadership in preparing a new generation of healthcare professionals to support the PA workforce needs of Wyoming. The Director will work closely with a program development and accreditation consultant to develop the PA Program budget, staffing model, policies, website, admission processes, curriculum, student assessment plan, clinical site and preceptor recruitment plan, and Program self-study. The Director will take the lead in hiring the medical director and principal faculty for the Program.

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STERN is hiring.

We are announcing an exciting opportunity to support WWAMI faculty development in Wyoming. The Stern Regional Education program focuses on supporting medical education for faculty working with University of Washington medical students across the WWAMI region.  There is an educator for each WWAMI region. The holder’s role will be to teach, coach and mentor faculty.  The expectation will be the Educator will provide one day per month to this work and receive $10,000/year. The Educator will report to the Stern Endowed Chair for Medical Education.  

Please contact Heidi Combs at hcombs@uw.edu to learn more.

Heidi Combs, MD, MS

Professor

Vice Chair of Education

University of Washington Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Stern Endowed Chair for WWAMI Faculty Development

The Wyoming Medical Society (WMS) is calling for nominations for any eligible physicians interested in serving on the WMS Board of Trustees. 

TRUSTEES AT-LARGE

WMS members will nominate and elect representatives to serve one-year terms in the roles of at-large-trustees for county medical societies who don't currently have state board representation. Nominees are not required to reside in the county they represent as a trustee-at-large. 

OPEN-TRUSTEE

Nominations are being accepted for WMS Open Trustee, a position that has been previously held by Matt Mitchell, MD. Dr. Mitchell does not intend to run for this position again leaving it as an open seat for any active member of WMS who has been a member in good standing for the previous two years.

PROCESS

The WMS Nominating Committee will nominate eligible physicians to serve as officers on the WMS Executive Committee during the 2024-2025 year. The full slate of both executive committee members and trustees-at-large will be submitted to the WMS membership no later than April 1, 2024.

WMS Bylaws require that board eligible physicians hold active licenses to practice medicine in the state of Wyoming and have been active members in good standing with the Wyoming Medical Society for a minimum of two years. 

Nominations must be submitted no later than Sunday, March 31, 2024 in order for the nominating committee to have the slate prepared and distributed to the membership no later than the deadline of April 1, 2024. Please click on the link below to view the formal nomination form.

The Wyoming Leaders in Medicine program is now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 cohort! Apply today!

WMS is excited to announce plans for the 2024-2025 Wyoming Leaders in Medicine-Physician Leadership Academy. If you are an alumni of the program, please talk to colleagues in your community who would enjoy the program. Help us reach every corner of the state! The application process is short, and the memories will last a lifetime!

If you have any questions about the program please email info@wyomed.org or call the WMS office at 307-635-2424.

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