UPEI faculty of medicine will improve chances for Islanders to pursue medical careers
CBC
For some Prince Edward Island graduates with a science degree, the chance to study medicine at UPEI provides a more accessible option in Atlantic Canada.
Last week, UPEI announced a partnership with Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador to open a faculty of medicine for 20 Island residents, including an Indigenous Islander, beginning in September 2023.
There are only 10 seats currently available for Islanders to study medicine at two Atlantic universities.
"Having these 20 seats will give us double the opportunities to get into medical school," said Islander Aly Inman, who completed a bachelor of psychology at UPEI and a master of applied health services research at Memorial.
"It'll give us the opportunity to study on our island, which will give us more opportunities to connect within our own health-care system and be able to grow our roots down to become practitioners here eventually in the future."
Inman has always wanted to study medicine. He said he's spent the last two years applying for seats to medical programs at Memorial and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, but is on a waiting list.
"Due to the limited amount of seats, there tends to be a number of people wait-listed year after year."
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