22 med students commit to work in N.L.

    Monday, 15 May 2023 16:20

    By Tonya Organ

    22 medical students at MUN have accepted bursaries and agreed to work in this province.

    22 medical students at MUN have accepted bursaries and agreed to work in this province. The Undergraduate Medical Student Bursary Program offers $7,500 in funding to full-time students in their fourth year of the Undergraduate Medical Education Program. In return, the students agree to work in the province for a year as part of a return-in-service agreement. A total of  $165,000 will cover the cost of these bursaries to help address a lack of doctors in the province.

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