U of Manitoba Special Aboriginal Pre-Medical Studies

from: http://umanitoba.ca/student/asc/programs/spsp-php.html

SPECIAL PRE-MEDICAL STUDIES PROGRAM (SPSP)
PROFESSIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM (PHP)

• Located at the University of Manitoba, the SPSP program provides a support network designed to increase student success.
• The program is exclusive to Aboriginal (Metis, Status, Non-Status, Inuit) residents of Manitoba with a strong interest in becoming Doctors, Dentists, Pharmacists or Physical/Occupational Therapists.

• The priority group are those individuals who have not had the opportunity for successful University experience due to social, economic, geographic and cultural barriers, or lack of formal education.
• Applicants must be Aboriginal (Status Indian, Non-Status Indian, Metis or Inuit) and be a resident of Manitoba.
• Must qualify for regular University entrance or be a mature student.
• Successful applicants are chosen in the spring for the fall term.

• Personal and Acadmeic Counselling
• Tutorial Services
• In August an extensive orientation to university expectations
• An extended chemistry and physics credit course for students who do not have a strong science background
• A staff-taught credit course on study skills and exam preparation
• A limited amount of financial assistance in the form of a bursary may be avaliable to some students who have no other means of funding, or who exemplify the greatest need.
• Students in SPSP who are successful in their applications to a professional health career are offered a place in the second level access Professional Health Program (PHP).