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The dean of the University of Prince Edward Island’s new medical faculty told a legislature committee today that the pieces are falling into place for the school to receive its first students in September.
Dr. Preston Smith did not share details about the number of applicants or staff for the medical school but said the institution will be a centre of learning while providing primary care to at least 10,000 patients.
The school plans to enroll 20 students in its first class.
Liberal member of legislative assembly Gordon McNeilly, raised questions about doctors being pulled away from other parts of the province to teach at the school and provide care at a new clinic in Charlottetown associated with the university.
Melanie Fraser, CEO of Health P.E.I., says about 70 physicians, from both inside and outside the province, have expressed interest in teaching at the university.
Smith says that from town hall meetings to coffee shops, he has been talking to doctors about the new school and the future of medical education on Prince Edward Island.
