With the help of white physician's coats and plaques made of blue-stained pine, a record-setting 29 graduates from the Northern Medical Program (NMP) were showcased and applauded during a celebration at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) on Saturday.
Students spend the first semester at University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver and then move to UNBC for the remainder of their four-year education with an emphasis on rural medicine. It's only the beginning, Dr. David Snadden, UNBC's vice provost for medicine, advised.
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