UBC med school more seats?

[MadSchool]

According to the latest news "The University of British Columbia's (UBC) faculty of medicine is expanding its medical doctor undergraduate program (MDUP) by 40 seats and postgraduate medical residency training programs (residency) by up to 88 seats, which will be phased in throughout the province beginning in 2023." Does that mean UBC will offer 328 seats in this cycle? Or I am misunderstanding?

[Edict]

It says phased in so it might not be an immediate increase in 40 seats, might be 10 a year or something of that nature. 

[HappyCamper 1994]

is this going to have any effect on how applicants applying this cycle 2022-2023 ? Will they consider more applicants which have GPA in 80-85% range? 

[DoctorArts]

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The University of British Columbia’s (UBC) faculty of medicine is expanding its medical doctor undergraduate program (MDUP) by 40 seats and postgraduate medical residency training programs (residency) by up to 88 seats, which will be phased in throughout the province beginning in 2023. This will bring the total student intake to 328.

The provincewide expansion, enabled by UBC’s partnerships with universities and all health authorities, will create more opportunities for students and resident doctors to learn, train and stay on to practise in communities around B.C.

The fully expanded 40-seat intake will be distributed as follows:

• Vancouver-Fraser Medical Program by 16 (from 192 seats to 208);
• Northern Medical Program by 8 (from 32 seats to 40);
• Southern Medical Program by 8 (from 32 seats to 40); and
• Island Medical Program by 8 (from 32 seats to 40).

This optimizes existing capacity in the UBC faculty of medicine.

Becoming a doctor is a multi-year journey. At UBC, learners first complete the four-year MDUP, where they learn the foundations of medicine and patient-centred care while developing their clinical skills through training at hospitals and health clinics in urban, rural and remote settings across British Columbia. Upon successful completion of UBC’s MDUP, graduates earn a doctor of medicine (MD) degree.

Thereafter, they enter a residency program where they receive medical training in a specialized area of medicine. As resident doctors, they provide direct care to patients at clinics and hospitals under the supervision of clinical faculty members until they complete residency training. The length of residency can range from two to seven years depending on the residency program.

Postgraduate medical education seats:

• To address the critical need for family physicians, additional family medicine residency seats will begin in the 2022-23 fiscal year and will expand the UBC family medicine residency program from 174 to up to 214 by 2024-25.
• An increase in residency seats, which mirrors the undergraduate medical education program expansion, will add a further 48 postgraduate medical education positions (both family medicine and specialties) by 2028-29.