MOSES LAKE — Geoff Jones, a physician and assistant clinical dean at the University of Washington Medical School, said giving medical students a wide variety of experience benefits both the students and their future patients.
“We think that educating learners with docs that are actually working in the communities is a much better way to train physicians. They’re going to learn exactly what they’re going to do, where they’re going to do it, what it’s like to live there and work there,” Jones said.
Jones and Dr. Robin Pickering, chair of public health at Gonzaga University, toured Central and Eastern Washington last week, meeting with medical professionals working with Gonzaga and UW in a jointly sponsored training program. Pickering said 2026 is the program’s 10th anniversary…