MD Program

Students in the University of British Columbia’s MD program learn through a robust information technology system that allows instructors and students in many disparate locations to interact simultaneously, taking learning beyond classrooms and into clinics and hospitals in urban and rural settings. The distributed medical undergraduate program aims to improve upon the low number of rural and Indigenous students seeking medical careers, while also allowing students to complete their training in rural and underserved communities.

Clinical education in the Vancouver Fraser Medical Program (VFMP) is structured around traditional, discipline-based rotations in clinical settings throughout the Vancouver Fraser region. At clinical academic sites such as Vancouver General Hospital, St. Paul’s Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, Surrey Memorial Hospital, and other care facilities throughout the VFMP including primary care settings, students gain exposure to a variety of patients and problems typical of but not limited to large urban populations.

Admission Requirements

• Preference for admission to the MD Undergraduate program is given to residents of British Columbia; however, a small number of out-of-province applicants are accepted each year.
• Overall minimum academic average of 75% and out-of-province applicants with an overall academic average of 85%.
• Minimum requirement of 90 university-transferable credits.
• Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT).

What You’ll Learn

• Foundations of medical practice.
• Clinical education.
• Clerkship.
• Postgraduate education and practice.