Rural medicine program proves its worth
Five years ago, the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta sent seven nervous medical students out to rural communities for their third year of medical education.
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University of Alberta encourages more aboriginal students to choose medicine
EDMONTON - The University of Alberta has the oldest aboriginal medical program in Canada dating back to 1988 and has graduated the most aboriginal doctors of any such university program in the country — 73 as of June 2011.
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A nod from Royal College
Dr. Peter Hamilton, from the Division of General Internal Medicine, is the recipient of the 2011 Prix d’excellence from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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Rural Practice
A group of second-year medical students hit the road to get taste of small-town medicine.
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