Community Health of Central Washington Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Sep 16, 2026

Community Health of Central Washington Program

Community Health of Central Washington Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in Yakima, Washington, directed by Carl R. Olden, MD and coordinated by Trinity Turner. The program accepts applications through September 30, 2027 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at trinity.turner@chcw.org or (509) 452-4946. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Community Health of Central Washington's family medicine program (CWFMR) is a community-based, unopposed residency with osteopathic recognition, built explicitly around rural and underserved primary care in Yakima and Ellensburg, WA, and affiliated with UW's WWAMI network and Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences. Training is full-spectrum, including obstetrics, integrated behavioral health, inpatient pediatrics/adult medicine, and osteopathic manipulative training, with a dedicated LIDERES track (HRSA-funded) focused on Spanish-language fluency, social determinants of health, and care of limited-English-proficiency patients. Scholarly activity is structured but practice-oriented rather than discovery-driven: residents complete longitudinal quality improvement projects (ResPIP), M&M presentations, and PURL-based journal clubs rather than pursuing bench or grant-funded research. The program explicitly seeks residents who reflect the communities served, describing itself as valuing self-directed, service-minded, mission-aligned physicians committed to rural and underserved practice over subspecialization.

Who it fits

An applicant whose ERAS narrative centers on rural or underserved community health, Spanish-language or cross-cultural care experience, and a stated commitment to full-spectrum primary care (including OB) rather than fellowship subspecialization.

Research intensity

Low - research is structured around quality improvement and evidence-based practice application rather than original clinical or bench research; scholarly activity is expected but practice-improvement focused.

Career orientation

Community Practice

Important

The program emphasizes mission-alignment with community health center service to rural and underserved populations, requires a personal statement addressing specific interest in the program and journey toward family medicine, and requires a letter from a U.S. family medicine physician who directly supervised the applicant in a family medicine clinic.

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Deadline 09/30/2027

351 days left

Accreditation Status Continued

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PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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