Northern Medical Program
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Northern Medical Program (NMP) is a joint medical program by the UBC Faculty of Medicine and the University of Northern British Columbia. It is one of three medical programs in the UBC Faculty of Medicine, along with the Island Medical Program (IMP) at the University of Victoria and the Vancouver-Fraser Medical Program (VFMP) at the University of British Columbia. A future program at the UBC Okanagan campus will be called the Okanagan Medical Program (OMP).
The program was created to increase the number of doctors in the BC Interior.
Admissions targets for the three combined programs:[1]
- 128 to 200 spaces in 2004
- 224 in 2005, including 24 in the IMP and 24 in the NMP
- 224 in 2006
- 256 in 2007
- 286 in 2009, including 30 in the OMP.
The program consists of four years of studies:
- Year 1 and 2 - general sciences or Foundations of Medicine. All classes for students in the IMP and NMP in the first term of the program are held at UBC's campus in Vancouver with the rest of the students in the VFMP.
- Year 3 and 4 - Clinical
- Year 4 - advanced clerkship, residency and Resident Matching Service (CaRMs) match
The program is based mainly at the Northern Health Sciences Centre in Prince George, British Columbia as well as:
- Prince George Regional Hospital
- Northern Health (health region)
- Northern Health Sciences Centre
- Island Medical Program - University of Victoria
