Scarborough will soon get a new medical school, the Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health (SAMIH), as part of the Ontario government’s plan to expand and modernize healthcare in the province.
Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health
The Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health will be located at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Campus at Military Trail and Morningside Avenue (opposite Pan Am Centre).
Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health
The new medical school will be a partnership with U of T’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, along with local hospitals and health networks.
Details were announced today by Jill Dunlop, Minister of Colleges and Universities and Prabmeet Sarkaria, President of the Treasury Board at the future site of the University of Toronto’s new Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health (SAMIH) in Scarborough.
“Ontario’s health care professionals are some of the finest practitioners in the world and that is a testament to the education they receive through Ontario’s universities and colleges,” said Jill Dunlop. “This expansion will increase access to family and specialty physicians and other health care professionals in every corner of the province to ensure that Ontarians can access the health care they need, when they need it, wherever they may live.”
According to SAMIH website, the school at full enrollment will graduate up to 30 physicians, 30 physician assistants, 30 nurse practitioners, 40 physical therapists and 300 life sciences undergraduates per year. The current life sciences program at U of T Scarborough will also be expanded.
Currently, there are 259 undergraduate medical education seats and 407 postgraduate positions under the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine. The University of Toronto will receive 30 additional undergraduate seats by 2025 and 45 additional postgraduate positions by 2027 to support the new school.
Ontario is adding 160 undergraduate seats and 295 postgraduate positions (including those announced for Scarborough) over the next five years, the largest expansion of undergraduate and postgraduate education in over 10 years.
This expansion will support all six medical schools across Ontario.
Expanded undergraduate and postgraduate medical school positions will be allocated as follows:
- Ryerson University will receive 80 undergraduate seats and 95 postgraduate positions
- The University of Toronto will receive 30 undergraduate seats and 45 postgraduate positions
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine will receive 30 undergraduate seats, and 41 postgraduate positions
- Queen’s University will receive 20 undergraduate seats and 30 postgraduate positions
- Western University, McMaster University and University of Ottawa will each receive 28 postgraduate positions.
Medical seats will also be allotted to the new Ryerson School of Medicine in Brampton when it becomes operational.