This week, St George’s University launched the “Pay It Forward” programme, which will allow Canadian students who enroll in SGU’s January MD entering classes, starting this January of 2018 to claim a refund of their tuition if they are accepted to and matriculate at a Canadian or US allopathic medical school for the subsequent fall term.
“Applying to medical school is stressful. Many students may not want to wait until the spring for an offer of admission from a Canadian medical school that may never come,” said Sandra Banner, SGU’s consultant for university relations in Canada. “Pay It Forward will allow Canadian students to jump-start their medical educations without sacrificing the possibility of returning to Canada for medical school.”
“We’re confident that after one semester at St George’s, they’ll decide to stay,” Banner said. “However, the beauty of this programme is that if they want to go to the Canadian – or US – medical school, they have a term of top-quality integrated systems-based medical education under their belt. They will shine in their new medical school!”
Starting this January application cycle, anyone who enrolls for the spring 2018 semester at SGU and is subsequently admitted to – and enrolled at – a Canadian or US allopathic medical school for the fall 2018 term will receive a full refund of SGU’s tuition and fees, if they choose to accept their spot in Canada or the US.
This programme is the latest in a series of efforts by St George’s to bolster its offerings to Canadian students. This year, St George’s hired Banner, the former CEO of the Canadian Resident Matching Service, and Charles Furey, a former elected official with years of experience in the Canadian government, to help strengthen the University’s network in Canada.
Banner and Furey will work to increase the number of clinical rotation spots available to St George’s students and establish electives at new hospitals all over the country.
“Our Pay It Forward programme demonstrates that we have the utmost confidence in the education and experience we provide at St George’s,” said Dr G Richard Olds, President of St George’s University. “We have a long and storied tradition of educating Canada’s doctors of the future, and we believe that this programme will help us attract even more of Canada’s best and brightest.”
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