“We`re going to make doctors out of you.”
While the famous quote from 1998’s Patch Adams may not have been uttered, 33 graduating students from UNBC’s Northern Medical Program are one step closer to becoming doctors.
The students received their wood shingle and their long white coat to mark their transition from students to doctors at a graduating event last week.
The next step for the graduates will now be to move into two to seven years of medical residency and fellowship training, depending on specialty.
The Class of 2019 includes 11 graduates from Northern BC, eight of which are from the Northern Capital.
Fifteen of the graduates will be entering family medicine residency programs, with most training in rural and smaller centres in B.C. and across the country. Three of those graduates will train in Prince George. The remaining students have matched to a wide range of specialties including diagnostic radiology, emergency medicine, internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, pediatrics, physical medicine & rehabilitation, psychiatry, radiation oncology, and urology.
The NMP graduation celebration precedes the formal graduation for the students, taking place at The University of British Columbia later this month, at which they will receive their official medical degrees.