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Eby Visits SFU's New Medical School in Surrey
The school’s first cohort of 48 students is training with virtual reality, mannequins and an AI patient designed for low-stakes practice.
- On Sept. 16, Premier David Eby toured Simon Fraser University's Stephens Family School of Medicine in Surrey, meeting the inaugural cohort of 48 students who began orientation in August.
- The Stephens Family School of Medicine marks the first medical school to open in Western Canada in nearly 60 years, representing a significant expansion of regional health-care training capacity.
- During the visit, Eby observed demonstrations of simulated training tools, including an AI-powered virtual patient named Roman, designed to help students practice empathetic patient interactions in a low-stakes environment.
- Eby said B.C. has connected about one million people with a family doctor or nurse practitioner since 2018, with about 4,000 residents currently matching weekly through the Health Connect Registry.
- The school plans to grow incoming classes to 120 students by 2035 and will eventually relocate to the permanent Surrey Centre Block facility, expected to open in 2030.
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Eby visits SFU's new medical school in Surrey - Vanderhoof Omineca Express
B.C. Premier David Eby got to take a look inside Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) new medical school in Surrey on Sept. 16. SFU’s Stephens Family School of Medicine invited Eby on a tour of the school’s temporary learning space and allowed him to meet the first cohort of medical students. The tour included demonstrations of several technology-based tools, including simulated patient-care rooms, medical mannequins, point-of-care ultrasound and vir…
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