Tuum Est! Graduation 2023
This week, hundreds of new graduates — from across a wide range of Faculty of Medicine programs — will celebrate their achievements and look ahead to the next stage of their careers as doctors, midwives, genetic counsellors and more.
Spotlight
We raise our hands up to the UBC Indigenous medical graduates of 2023!
This week, nine new Indigenous medical students graduated from UBC’s medical school.
Graduating more midwives for B.C.
UBC’s midwifery program is set to expand by more than seventy per cent, increasing access to midwifery care across the province.
Graduates
By the Numbers
The UBC Faculty of Medicine is training medical and health profession students to help meet the health care needs of communities across the province today and well into the future.
288
Average number of MD graduates each year
130+
Indigenous medical graduates since 2004
260+
Average number of health professional graduates each year
(Midwifery, medical laboratory science, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, genetic counselling, audiology)
Meet the Grads
Impact
By the Numbers
By training students in communities across the province, UBC students learn about the unique health care needs of diverse populations while also making deep connections in the communities in which they train – inspiring many graduates to stay and practice.
93%
of UBC MD grads who attend UBC for postgraduate medical training stay in B.C. to practice
4/5
resident doctors who did family medicine training at UBC are now practicing in communities across the province
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94%
of graduates from UBC’s Bachelor of Midwifery program are practicing in B.C.
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Published: May 23, 2023