Uniform Statewide Credentialing Requirement for Medical and Physician
Assistant Students
The WSMA supports establishing uniformly accepted statewide credentialing
and onboarding processes for medical and physician assistant students from
Washington state-based medical schools to reduce the burden of repetitive
documentation and processing time/costs for medical students, medical and
physician assistant schools, and health care organizations within
Washington state (Res B-21, A-19)
The WSMA supports a statewide effort to urgently align institutional
requirements such that every health care entity in Washington state would
accept the same attestation. (Res B-21, A-19)
The WSMA supports the state using a central electronic database (e.g.
CastleBranch) rather than creating a Washington-specific database, that
will meet criteria for student privacy protection under law (FERPA) (Res
B-21, A-19)
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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:
EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on
Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health
Services