Wyoming residents have the opportunity to apply for health professional schools in via the WICHE PSEP, WWAMI, or WYDENT programs.  All three programs require residency certification by October 15 of the year prior to the anticipated professional school start date.  All three programs require a contract with a payback of either 3 years of professional practice in the state or a repayment of funds expended plus interest (veterinary medicine does not require a contract or payback).

There are two parts to the admission process:

1.  Have your residency certified by OCTOBER 15 of the year prior to your anticipated start date.  This is your eligibility to participate in the program.
2. Apply for admission to the school(s) of your choice through their required application process.  Schools make ALL admission decisions.

Applications for certification will be available online beginning on July 15.   

We strongly suggest that you establish and maintain a separate email account for this and all of your applications.  List as safe senders, all emails with the @uwyo.edu suffix and be sure to check your junk mail files regularly.

WICHE

WICHE is a consortium of fifteen western states created to provide educational opportunities for students in the west.  It administers three different student exchange programs.

The Professional Student Exchange (PSEP) program allows certified residents to enroll in certain out-of-state professional programs in dentistry, medicine (allopathic, osteopathic and podiatric), occupational and physical therapy, optometry, physician’s assistant study, or veterinary medicine for Wyoming residents.   Wyoming applicants must be residents for one year immediately prior to attending professional school. If admitted and offered financial support (support is competitive and not everyone will receive it), students pay reduced tuition based on the costs at the attending institution.  The home state pays a support fee to the admitting school for educational services.  The length of the support varies according to the professional program.  Information is also available at http://www.wiche.edu/psep.

The Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) makes distinctive or health-related graduate programs available to Wyoming and other WICHE state residents at reduced tuition.  The participating programs are approved by an educational committee and offer a wide range of graduate degrees.  See http://www.wiche.edu/wrgp.

The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) provides opportunities to enroll in an undergraduate program in another WICHE state at reduced tuition.  For information, see http://www.wiche.edu/wue.

WWAMI

The University of Wyoming participates in WWAMI, a regional medical education program with the University of Washington School of Medicine.  The program annually reserves seats for up to twenty qualified Wyoming residents.  Participants complete the first year of medical school at the University of Wyoming in Laramie and the second year in Seattle at the University of Washington.  The third and fourth years are spent in clinical sites throughout the WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho).  Applicants or their parent/legal guardian must be residents for five continuous years immediately prior to attending medical school.  Participants make a contract payment to the University of Wyoming for the four years of medical school and the state pays the educational costs to the University of Washington for each student. 

WYDENT

This is a dental contract program for certified Wyoming residents with the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry and Creighton University School of Dentistry.  Each school reserves seats for up to four qualified Wyoming residents.  Applicants or their parent/legal guardian must be residents for five continuous years immediately prior to attending dental school.  Participants make a contract payment to the University of Wyoming for the four years of dental school and the state pays the educational costs to the appropriate dental school for each student. 

University of Wyoming

Certifying Office

c/o Undergraduate and Preprofessional Health Advising Office

College of Health Sciences

Dept. 3432, 1000 East University Avenue

Laramie WY  82071

307-766-6704 or 307-766-3499

Email:  preprof.hs@uwyo.edu

110 and 112 Health Sciences Center

www.uwyo.edu/preprof/

The Wyoming Department of Health sponsors a Wyoming healthcare professional loan repayment program.  See http://www.health.wyo.gov/rfhd/rural/loan.html. 

Also see http://www.explorehealthcareers.org/en/index.aspx for useful information on a variety of health care careers. 

Applications

Applications for students planning to enter professional programs in 2013 will be available no later than July 15, 2012.

The residency certification applications are available July through October. Applications are due no later than October 15, 2012 for entering fall of 2013.  Late applications are not accepted.

IMPORTANT:  When filling out applications, be sure to fill out each section completely.  Be consistent in your responses.  Don't leave anything out or take anything for granted.  If an activity is current and on-going, don't list an end date.   

Proofread your application for errors, consistency and accuracy.  Make a copy for your records.