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About UAMS-Northwest The driving force behind a new regional campus is the need to produce more physicians, pharmacists, nurses and allied health professionals to meet rising health care work force shortages. UAMS-Northwest will promote the fulfillment of the educational component of the University's mission. Northwest Arkansas, the state's fastest growing region, is the prime location for the regional campus because the area has sufficient educational sites where students and resident physicians can practice developing their skills using the latest medical technology. The new campus will begin its first academic year in 2009-2010. Academic programs will be offered from the UAMS College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing and College of Health Related Professions.
In order to increase student enrollment, UAMS-Northwest will establish medical residency programs in psychiatry, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and surgery. The family medicine residency program will continue through the local UAMS Area Health Education Center (AHEC). Program directors will be hired in the aforementioned areas, as well as in pharmacy, nursing and allied health. Faculty members at UAMS-Northwest will be a combination of full- and part-time instructors and practitioners who will supervise students in clinical settings. Collaboration with Northwest Arkansas' experts in medicine, pharmacy, nursing and allied health is essential to the regional campus's success. Area physicians will be recruited from the Northwest Arkansas region to serve on the faculty at the UAMS-Northwest campus. UAMS will also work in conjunction with the University of Arkansas' School of Nursing to train more nursing faculty in Northwest Arkansas. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL
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UAMS-Northwest will join
with local hospitals, clinics and pharmacies to provide clinical experiences in
medical and pharmacy school with the latest medical technology and the
opportunity to treat real patients in supervised settings.