Retreats and Meetings
We provide planning & facilitation for meetings and retreats for organizations in the WWAMI region, the University of Washington, and other institutions. Our clients include academic facilities, hospital boards, medical clinics, health departments, and non profit associations.

Graduate Education
We assist the School of Medicine in its training of health professionals in two ways. Conjoint 515 is a multi-disciplinary class designed to expose students of varying health backgrounds to rural practice trends, and to develop cross-cultural awareness.

We also teach Health Services 572 & 573—Community Development for Health. The 4-credit course is designed to convey community development theory, approaches, and skills in practical ways that students can use to promote health in the communities they serve or where they live. There is an extensive reading list, and students work on weekly skills assignments to learn to write effective press releases, budgets, meeting agendas, surveys, dialogue questions, strategic plans, campaign designs, and requests for funding. The class meets Wednesdays and Fridays; on Wednesdays we spend time discussing readings and assignments, and on Fridays we hear from speakers who are role models in community development. Students can elect to take the 573 course alone, which meets only on Fridays to hear from the speakers.

In addition, we teach community development in the Master of Public Health “extended degree program,” and serve as guest speakers in various courses from time to time.

We also assist in the development the SPARX (Student Providers Aspiring to Rural and Underserved Experiences) program. Community Development for Health