Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (ANHPI) Health Pathway

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Mission


The Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (ANHPI) Health Pathway provides a curriculum and experiential program that increases awareness and visibility of the health disparities and challenges experienced by ANHPI communities, especially ethnic groups 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.

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 Non-Clinical Elective 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 (Optional):

View Accepted non-clinical Electives

  • ANHPI History Courses
  • 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
  • MED 561: Tropical Medicine
  • SPH 489: Structural Racism and Public Health
  • SPH 589: Undoing Racism in Public Health
  • UCONJ 624: Health Equity and Community Organizing
  • URBDP 514: Race and Social Justice Seminar
  • Language Course that Include Medical Terminology, within UW or locally


4. Additional reading and writing assignments (optional)

Research and Engagement

5. 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.

6. 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

View available organizations (but not limed to):

  • American Polynesian Organization
  • Asian Pacific Islander Coalition Advocating Together for Health
  • Asian Referral and Counseling Services
  • Cham Refugees Community
  • Chinese Information and Service Center
  • Filipino Community of Seattle
  • Helping Link
  • Hmong Association of Washington
  • Indochina Chinese Refugee Association
  • Indian American Community Services
  • Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington
  • Kandelia
  • Khmer Community of Seattle
  • Korean Community Service Center
  • National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
  • Refugee Women’s Alliance
  • Southeast Asian Pacific Islander Health Education Summit
  • UWSOM Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
  • WAPI Community Services

CLINICAL REQUIREMENTS:


7. Core clerkship (4th Year):

4th year medical students will provide healthcare delivery to underserved ANHPI communities at an urban healthcare facility for four weeks (8-12 credits).

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 Yamaguchi, Justin Lo, Karissa Tu, Justin Lo, Jolie Phan, Noah Huang, Yurong Shao, Yehseo Jung, Rose Wang, Maiya Pacleb, Han Pham, Natalie Au, Kaylee Chan, Andy Tang, Ashlyn Nguyen, Noah Pham and Gillian Soo

Reports

UW Office of Healthcare Equity: Pathways Report for 2021–2025

Contact Us

Faculty Director: Dr. Eugene Yang,
Contact: eyang01@uw.edu

Pathway Manager: ManChui Leung,
Contact: ohcepathways@uw.edu.