Brandon Sun - ONLINE EDITION

By: Staff Writer

25/07/2012 1:58 PM | Comments: 1

Brandon University will not get a stand-alone medical school, although a satellite campus could set up shop here sometime in the future.

That's according to a long-awaited report comissioned last year.

Read the full study online here.

The Brandon Medical Education Study concluded that a separate medical school in Brandon an idea championed by some in the community for the past several years would be "ill-advised," given the region's relatively small population.

However, the study suggests that the government work towards establishing a satellite medical school in Brandon, in partnership with the University of Manitoba.

The province has said that it accepts all of the recommendations made by the study, including the advice to train and hire more doctors in Brandon, rural and northern Manitoba.

"We want to ensure we are training doctors for families in all corners of Manitoba," said education minister Erin Selby.

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No medical school for Brandon: report