SENATE RESOLUTION
8636
By Senators Riccelli and Hasegawa
WHEREAS, Washington is one of the most underserved states in the nation in terms of practicing physicians; and
WHEREAS, The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is Washington's first community-based medical school, named after Washington State University's 10th president, and was founded in 2015 with a groundswell of community support to expand medical education and health care access in Washington; and
WHEREAS, The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine in 10 short years has graduated four classes of medical students, the first of which is completing its postgraduate residency training and is entering practice; and
WHEREAS, The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has graduated 248 medicine doctors and more than 900 health care providers total since 2017; and
WHEREAS, The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine's Medical Program has exclusively admitted students from Washington since its inception; and
WHEREAS, The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine's Medical Program's student body includes individuals from 89 Washington communities across 26 counties; and
WHEREAS, The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has relied on more than 235 clinical partners and more than 2,000 community faculty in Washington to train students in challenging health care environments, from Forks to Prosser, Morton to Grand Coulee, to dozens of other sites, including five tribal clinics; and
WHEREAS, The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has established three medical residency programs, adding 58 resident physicians to the state's supply; and
WHEREAS, The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has established research expertise in areas including sleep and human performance, substance use disorders, and health disparities; and