WWAMI Clerkship Student Housing
If you take a required clinical rotation away from your duty station, lodging will be either provided (in the case of non-Seattle rotations including WRITE, the clinical site will arrange the housing for you and you will not need to pay for anything out of pocket) or reimbursed (in the case of Seattle rotations for Track students, you may either have the School put you up in an Extended Stay Hotel or you may arrange your own lodging and be reimbursed by the UW as long as you follow the policies here).
Clinical clerkship housing is managed by the individual clinical sites, not by the School of Medicine. For details about lodging at any particular site, you should contact that site directly. Clerkship administrators here at the School may have some information, but details change so you’re better off going directly to the site.
NOTE: It is your personal responsibility to insure your private property. Neither the clinical sites nor the owners of the student lodging will be responsible for loss of or damage to your personal property.
The housing at most sites is not suitable for families, and at no site is it suitable for pets. If you intend to travel with your family, you should contact the site well in advance to determine if they can house your family as well as you. If they cannot, you are free to arrange housing on your own, but the School will not reimburse you for that expense. If you intend to travel with a pet, you will need to arrange your own housing and you will have to pay for it on your own. In both cases, it is a professional courtesy to notify the site well in advance if you are not going to stay in the lodging they provide.
The School is obligated to pay clinical sites for the clerkship housing they provide for your scheduled rotation whether you stay in it or not. Usually this housing is arranged for your rotation far in advance of your arrival at the site. If you choose–for any reason other than a disability accommodation–to stay in lodgings other than the housing provided by the clerkship site, you must pay all costs for that housing out of your own pocket and the School will not reimburse those costs
A NOTE ABOUT SEATTLE-AREA CLERKSHIPS WITH CLINICAL SITES IN EVERETT: Some clerkships in the Seattle metropolitan area involve multiple clinical sites, and a student might spend all or part of a clerkship at locations in Everett. No student housing is provided in Everett, but the School will reimburse students for traveling between Seattle and Everett.
Explore & Focus Phase: APCs and Subinternships
The School reimburses travel and housing expenses only for required rotations conducted away from your official duty station. This includes the first Advanced Practice Clerkship (APC) and Subinternship recorded as required credits on your Graduation Audit Report (GAR).
To maximize your reimbursement opportunities, schedule APCs and Subinternships that require travel before those that do not. If your first APC or Subinternship is at your duty station, that course will count toward your GAR. Any additional APCs or Subinternships beyond the first are not eligible for travel or housing support—even if the School did not reimburse you for the first rotation.
For example, Neurology and Emergency Medicine clerkships are required, so travel and housing are covered if they occur away from your official duty station. The same reimbursement rules apply in the Explore & Focus phase as in the Patient Care phase.
Important: The School cannot reimburse travel or housing for non-required rotations or additional APCs/Subinternships beyond the first listed on your GAR. Plan your schedule accordingly.