The province is planning to expand medical school education to train more doctors.
The Ontario government announced on Tuesday that it will be adding 160 undergraduate seats and 295 postgraduate positions at Ontario’s medical schools, over the next five years.
Premier Doug Ford called the plan “the largest expansion of undergraduate and postgraduate education in over 10 years.”
“Ontario’s health care professionals are some of the finest practitioners in the world and that is a testament to the education they receive through Ontario’s universities and colleges,” said Jill Dunlop, Minister of Colleges and Universities, in a news release. “This expansion will increase access to family and specialty physicians and other health care professionals in every corner of the province to ensure that Ontarians can access the health care they need, when they need it, wherever they may live.”
This expansion will support all six medical schools in the province, including the University of Toronto’s new Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health, the Queen’s-Lakeridge Health Campus, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Western University, McMaster University and the University of Ottawa. Medical seats will also be allotted to the new Ryerson School of Medicine in Brampton once it is operational.