Partnership works to train Snohomish County mental health doctors
MUKILTEO — A new partnership between a medical school and a nonprofit is allowing medical students to get on-the-job experience at a local behavioral health center.
It’s an important partnership, staff at the Mukilteo Evaluation and Treatment Facility say, because of a dire need for mental health facilities and the psychiatrists needed to staff them.
About 55 employees work at the facility, one of only a few inpatient psychiatric facilities in Snohomish County, operated by regional nonprofit Compass Health. It provides 24/7 care to people — sent to the facility involuntarily via court orders — going through intense mental health struggles.
But the new partnership between Washington State University and Compass Health is looking to curb those staffing challenges by giving medical students experience in the field of psychiatry on a community level. The university’s medical school, only a decade old, began the partnership with the nonprofit last year. Since then, about 14 students have gone through their mandatory clinical rotations at the facility.
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