Kamloops

UBC's medical school on the application process

Only 10 per cent of applicants get into UBC med school. That means some Kamloops students who are wanting to work as local family docs have been shut out. We talked to a UBC medical school dean.

UBC med school will tell us why it's so tough to get into the program

Roger Wong is the Executive Associate Dean of Education at UBC's school of medicine (Submitted by UBC)

Try try again - That's the message from UBC's medical school if you didn't make the grade the first time around.

As part of our series on the Kamloops doctor shortage, we've wondered why so many sharp well-educated science geeks can't seem to make it into UBC's med school even when the demand for doctors here is so great.

Dr. Roger Wong is the executive associate dean of education with UBC's medical school.

To hear the audio, click the link: UBC's medical school on the application process