Mission
The Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (ANHPI) Health Pathway will be created to provide a curriculum and experiential program that increases awareness and visibility of the health disparities and challenges experienced by ANHPI communities, especially ethnic subgroups that are underrepresented and underserved. It will also prepare medical students with tools to provide patients compassionate, culturally humble, and linguistically appropriate, evidence-based care as future physicians.
Contact Us
Faculty Director: Dr.Eugene Yang,
Contact: eyang01@uw.edu
Pathway Manager: ManChui Leung,
Contact: ohcepathways@uw.edu.
Learning Goals and Objectives
- Provide medical students with the foundational knowledge of the history, culture, values, and beliefs of various ANHPI ethnic subgroups, while emphasizing patient and family individuality and uniqueness
- Highlight health issues, disparities, and inequities most prevalent in ANHPI communities and how to provide patient-centered treatment and resources
- Encourage research on ANHPI health issues and disparities to improve the health of ANHPI populations
- Foster collaboration and advocacy work with ANHPI community organizations
Pathway Requirements Overview
COURSEWORK
1. Core Course
(Scheduled for academic year 2027 / 2028)
2. Online Modules via Canvas page
- Unpacking the Model Minority Myth
- ANHPI Health Disparities
- Cross-cultural Beliefs and Issues
- Integrative Medicine
- Refugee and Immigrant Health
- Decolonizing Medical Research
- Interprofessional Active Learning Sessions
3. Non-clinical electives with content pertinent to ANHPI health/studies:
●FAMED 526: Community Focused Urban Health: Determinants Disparities, and
Equity
● FAMED 527: Community-Focused Urban Health: Inter-professional Care of Urban Under-Resourced Patients
● FAMED 550: Critical Race Theory and Community in Medicine
● URBDP 514: Race and Social Justice Seminar
● UCONJ 624: Health Equity and Community Organizing
● SPH 489: Structural Racism and Public Health
● SPH 589: Undoing Racism in Public Health
● MED 561 Tropical Medicine
● ANHPI history courses
● Language course that include medical terminology, within UW or locally
Research and Engagement
4. Scholarly Project
Students must complete a scholarly project with an ANHPI health focus. III projects completed within the context of RUOP at urban underserved sites automatically qualify for credit. III projects completed in other ways (e.g., MSRTP project) can be given credit if the topic is related to issues or if permission is granted by the Pathway Director.
5. Service Learning, Advocacy, Community Service or Engagement
Pathway students must complete 36 hours of service learning, advocacy, community service and/or engagement. Students will be encouraged to work with community-based organizations to explore the history and current work surrounding health disparities in our local communities
CLINICAL REQUIREMENTS:
6. Primary care practicum and/or RUOP (1st or 2nd year):
This must take place in a clinic site that provides care for a large ANHPI population or at an underserved practice site. Expectation is a minimum of 4 weeks immersion. It is preferred that students complete their project within the United States (global health experiences must have prior approval by the ANHPI Pathway Director).
● UWSOM Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
● Asian Referral and Counseling Services
● Southeast Asian Pacific Islander Health Education Summit
● National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
● Asian Pacific Islander Coalition Advocating Together for health
● Refugee Women’s Alliance
● Kandelia
● Helping Link
● WAPI Community Services
● American Polynesian Organization
● Hmong Association of Washington
● Korean Community Service Center
● Filipino Community of Seattle
● Khmer Community of Seattle
● Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington
● Cham Refugees Community
● Chinese Information and Service Center
● Indochina Chinese Refugee Association
● Indian American Community Services
7. Core clerkship (4th Year):
Fourth-year medical students will complete a four-week core clerkship (8-12 credits) at an urban healthcare facility, providing healthcare services to underserved Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (ANHPI) communities.
Upon completion of all requirements, students will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.
Faculty Leads
Pathway Director: Dr.Eugene Yang, eyang01@uw.edu
Pathway Administrator: ManChui Leung, ohcepathways@uw.edu.
Pathway Creation and Development Student Committee: Tiffany Luu, Savanna Yann, Sawyer Colvin, Karissa Tu, Justin Lo, Jolie Pham and Noah Huang
Reports
UW Office of Healthcare Equity: Pathways Report for 2021–2025
