A physician's take on the proposed UPEI medical school
CBC
When I was a premedical student, word of a medical school on P.E.I. would have been music to my ears.
Now, having practised medicine on the Island for 10 years, the news doesn't strike quite the same chord.
Not surprisingly, the recent announcement of an undergraduate medical "co-degree" between the University of Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador's Memorial University has had a positive reception among Islanders.
The growing number of folks on P.E.I. without a family physician is unacceptable. The wait times to see certain specialists is a major problem. Physicians are retiring or moving away from full-time clinical practice.
All of these workforce issues will seemingly be fixed by a local medical school turning out doctors essentially "raised" to work here.
For those of us familiar with medical education, however, the announcement raises questions.
The format of any four-year medical degree program is a mix of classroom and practical teaching.
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