Primary Care Office
The Primary Care Office provides outreach and technical assistance to clinicians and eligible sites to maximize participation in this loan repayment program
What is the National Health Service Corps?
Th J-1 Visa Waiver program is used to waive this requirement for international medical graduates who have completed their medical training in the U.S.
What is the 2-year home residency requirement?
This is the Nation's Most Trusted Resource for Health Professionals Seeking Careers in Rural and Underserved Communities.
What is 3RNET?
HPSAs, or Health Professional Shortage Areas, are federal designations that identify geographic areas, populations and facilities experiencing a shortage of these three types of providers.
What are primary, dental, and behavioral healthcare providers.
An important partner to the Primary Care Office, this organization functions as the state association for free clinics in Washington and oversees the Volunteer and Retired Providers Program
What is the Washington Healthcare Access Alliance?
The goal of the J-1 Visa Waiver program is to increase the number of physicians available to work in these areas of the state.
What are rural and underserved areas?
This person is hired to be a match maker; using 3RNET to help rural healthcare employers find medical professionals that want to live and work in their communities.
What is the WA State 3RNET Coordinator/Workforce Advisor?
This program will increase the number of rural nurses, if funded.
What is the Rural Nursing Education Program (RNEP)?
The Primary Care Office manages contracts with these organizations which are committed to expanding of the health care workforce, while maximizing diversity and facilitating distribution, especially in rural and underserved communities.
What are Area Health Education Centers?
The J-1 Visa Waiver program should be used when efforts to recruit a U.S. trained physician have been unsuccessful for this length of time.
What is six months or longer?
The “3 Rs” in 3RNET stand for these three things.
What are rural, recruitment, and retention?
The national data sets for HPSA designations are refreshed this often
What is every three years?