Open Stream

Admissions Streams

The 51社区黑料Stephens Family School of Medicine offers two admissions streams: the open stream and the Indigenous stream. Applicants are invited to apply through the admission stream that best aligns with their background and experience.

The school of medicine welcomes individuals from all academic and personal backgrounds. If you are committed to becoming a physician focused on equitable, meaningful community-based primary health care, we invite you to apply.

The open stream is available to all applicants.
First Nations, Inuit, and M茅tis applicants may choose to apply through the open stream or the Indigenous stream. More information about the Indigenous admissions stream, including eligibility and process, is available below.

Open Stream

Who can apply?

Currently, we are accepting applications from residents of:

B.C.
Nunavut
Yukon
Northwest Territories

Provincial or territorial residency is demonstrated by providing a valid Photo BC Services Card (or territorial equivalent).

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What we are looking for

In addition to academic achievement, applicants will be selected based on their alignment with the school鈥檚 mission, social accountability mandate, and the attributes we believe are essential for future physicians. These attributes are outlined below.

Attributes	Definition
Interconnectedness	We are seeking medical students who embrace an interconnected way of being in the world, acknowledge relationship with and responsibilities within the systems with which you are a part, and are committed to collective flourishing and social interest.
Comfortable with Uncertainty	We are seeking medical students who are comfortable with complexity and have the courage to make your best effort even through uncertainty.
Committed to a Greater Good	We are seeking medical students who are committed to a greater good, act in a manner that helps others, and contribute to a more harmonious society and world.
Analytical Decision Maker	We are seeking medical students who are a skilled analysts, abstract and conceptual thinkers. We are looking for candidates who identify and synthesize varied forms of information in the service of well-reasoned, evidence-informed decisions that take into consideration all available information, recognizing tensions and alignments.
Ethical Decision Maker	We are seeking medical students who have the capacity for critical consciousness, recognizing social and political structural influences on society. We seek those who apply sound moral reasoning and motivation in the service of ethical decision-making to challenge and transform these systems.
Responding to Challenges	We are seeking medical students who persevere productively when faced with challenging or adverse circumstances and conflicts, self-reflecting on the experience to encourage future growth.
Accountable to Impact of Self on Others	We are seeking medical students who anticipate, recognize, and take personal responsibility for the impact that their actions, thoughts, and words have on others.
Open Heart, Open Mind	We are seeking medical students who continuously challenge their own perspective, whole-heartedly embrace the opportunity to learn, and take advantage of the education available in all encounters.