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  • veterinary medicine is practiced. US Dept of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides information on veterinarian salary, employment and location data. US News & World Report – Best Veterinary Medicine Grad Schools Top 26 rankings of the best veterinary medicine grad programs in the US. Veterinary Internship & Residency Matching Program (VIRMP) The VIRMP expedites the selection of interns and residents for participating veterinary schools, colleges, institutions and

  • veterinary medicine is practiced. US Dept of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides information on veterinarian salary, employment and location data. US News & World Report – Best Veterinary Medicine Grad Schools Top 26 rankings of the best veterinary medicine grad programs in the US. Veterinary Internship & Residency Matching Program (VIRMP) The VIRMP expedites the selection of interns and residents for participating veterinary schools, colleges, institutions and

  • University) in Spanish and Humanities.  After spending a year in Prague in the Czech Republic teaching English, he moved to southern California, where he attended the Claremont Graduate University, studying the philosophy of religion and theology.  In 1998, he completed his M.A. in 1998, and in 2002, he completed his Ph.D. in 2002. After his sojourn in the California wilderness, Dr. Zbaraschuk returned to the Pacific Northwest, where he was on the founding faculty of Eastside Preparatory School in

  • , the program continued to grow and evolve. During the ’97-98 school year, OR expanded to weeklong trips, one to Montana for skiing and another to Oregon’s Smith Rock for climbing. Wade also began running a basic staff training that discussed risk management in the outdoors, and he held periodic wilderness medicine mini-seminars that addressed what incidents could arise outdoors and how to handle them. “For a lot of us, it was our first foray into real leadership,” Wade said. “It was a tremendous

  • physician there. FROM THE MIND TO MEDICINE Many of Foege’s friends and colleagues know the story: While incapacitated for months in a body cast due to a hip injury as a teenager, he read about the medical missionary work of physician-philosopher Albert Schweitzer. What some may not know is that Foege’s original interest in medicine was psychiatry. “I’d read a book about this psychiatrist who was really operating like a detective, a detective of the mind,” he said. That interest eventually lost out to

  • Partnership for Health Innovation Priorities Partnership Initiative Partners Future FAQs Partnership for Health Innovation Pacific Lutheran University is home to a new health education and care district in Parkland, Washington, powered by PLU, MultiCare, and Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. This collaborative partnership will work to address health care inequities and provider shortages in Pierce County and beyond. Partnership Priorities Starting in Parkland

  • chemistry or dentistry was his future—but a medical mission trip the summer before his senior year to Costa Rica and Panama changed everything. He kept a journal of his time and felt his perspective shift, reflecting on new ideas about who he was and wanted to do. “After seeing a place that doesn’t have much access to medicine and is very underserved, I felt my heart tug in the direction of medicine,” he says. Arnits discussed his plans with PLU mentor, Professor Neal Yakelis, who encouraged his

  • Diversity & Equity ResourcesIn recent years, it has become clear that in order to achieve equity in healthcare access and outcomes, the U.S. needs to intentionally increase the diversity of its healthcare providers.  The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) defines underrepresented in medicine (URiM) as those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population at a regional level.  Here we provide a

  • Diversity & Equity ResourcesIn recent years, it has become clear that in order to achieve equity in healthcare access and outcomes, the U.S. needs to intentionally increase the diversity of its healthcare providers.  The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) defines underrepresented in medicine (URiM) as those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population at a regional level.  Here we provide a

  • So You Want to be a Veterinarian?Are you scientifically-minded and passionate about the health and well-being of animals? If so, vet medicine could be the perfect career choice for you! Veterinary medicine offers a broad variety of career opportunities. The majority of veterinarians work in private small, large or mixed animal clinical practices diagnosing and treating illnesses of animals and maintaining their health. Many other veterinarians practice with county, state and federal governments