The first two years of schooling are on the Yakima campus where the students are participating in a curriculum that combines lecture and case-based learning with early clinical experiences. The third and fourth years are spent in one of the sites within the region of Pacific Northwest and consist of clinical rotations in hospital, clinical, and private practice settings where the students are able to learn and then actively practice what they have learned in the real world. The students use standardized patients, integrate osteopathic principles and practice, use human patient simulators, study cadavers, and shadow professionals in the field. The small class sizes at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences allows the students to be thoroughly enriched and receive more person-specific attention in the learning process. Research findings and opportunities at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences is in the beginning stages because of its recent opening, so the opportunities for research are provided and are backed by the Office of Scholarly Activities. The hospitals affiliated with Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, like Memorial Hospital in Yakima, are on the smaller end and are a much larger part of the …show more content…
There are separate fees that accompany tuition such as student services, technology, lab, microscope rentals, student activities, room and board, etc. The cost of living for the average student is about $23,926 per year and the average debt for a student upon graduation is approximately $253,963. Financial aid is available for students to take advantage of with a whopping 94.38% of enrolled students with federal financial aid. The average scholarship or grant that a student has is about $8,500. Residency placement for students ranges from the 54 programs in 52 cities, and 27 states. Sites of residency include Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, McLaren Greater Lansing, and Madigan Army Medical