Imagine Creating Better Health through Education

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is faced with a great challenge: training a sufficient number of health care professionals to meet Arkansas' growing health care demands.  In response to this challenge, UAMS is establishing UAMS-Northwest, a regional campus in Northwest Arkansas, to expand the University's capability to train physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other health care professionals.

As shortages in health care workers are projected to worsen in the coming years, academic health science campuses across the nation are developing strategies to increase the supply of health care workers. The UAMS central campus and regional UAMS programs that host clinical education for students and medical residents are at capacity or are unable to accommodate a sufficient number of new students.  At UAMS, a regional campus is the optimal method for increasing student enrollment.

The establishment of the UAMS-Northwest campus will result in additional medical residents and health care professionals in Northwest Arkansas, which will lead to improved access to patient care in area clinics and hospitals and the ability of educational institutions to deliver on the mission of education and community outreach.