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LENGTH OF STUDY:
3 Years

ACCREDITATION:

Associate of Science Degree in

Rural Pre-Health and Advanced Diploma
in Rural Pre-Medicine

CAMPUS:
Castlegar Campus

Our health care system needs doctors who want
to practice in a rural setting and medical schools
are looking for students with rural backgrounds. In
Selkirk College’s Rural Pre-Medicine program, you
will experience what it means to be a rural health
care provider.

A UNIQUE TAILOR-MADE RURAL PROGRAM

Join us in studying courses tailored to rural medicine
recommended for the Medical College Admission
Test. Making our program unique is extra training

in skills such as conflict resolution, small business
training and MCAT preparation that will strengthen
your medical school applications and support your
future as a medical professional. By enriching

your learning with additional courses, you will also
gain knowledge and personal resilience that will
contribute to your abilities.

RPM prepares you for further education in a variety
of health-care professions such as pharmacy,
medicine, dentistry, optometry and veterinary
medicine.

Admission Requirements

ACADEMIC

Applicants may apply while they are completing
prerequisite courses. However, applicants must have
graduated from secondary school (or equivalent)
and completed the following courses from the BC
Provincial Curriculum (or their equivalents) before
starting the program:

— English Studies 12 or English 12 First Peoples or
IELTS 6.5

— Principles of Mathematics 12 or Pre-calculus 12

— Two other approved Grade 12 courses, one
of which must be: Biology 12, Chemistry 12,
Geography 12, Geology 12, or Physics 12

— Biology 12 and Chemistry 12 are strongly
recommended

— Chemistry 11
— Physics 11 (minimum 60%)

Unless otherwise stated a minimum of 672% is
required in all prerequisite courses.

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Candidates who do not have all of the program
pre-requisites, but who believe they may have
relevant background should contact the School Chair
to determine whether they may qualify for entry and/
or advanced standing.

APPLICATION

To be considered for the first round of admittance
to the Rural Pre-Medicine program, a student must
have fully completed and submitted all required
documentation by the closing date of the application
period.

COMPETITIVE ENTRY

Admission to the Rural Pre-Medicine Program is
competitive. A student meeting all the admissions
requirements will be included in the pool of

qualified applicants, but only a limited number of
such qualified applicants will be admitted into the
program. The applicants will be ranked using a metric
which incorporates information about academic and
personal background gathered from the application
package.

The Rural Pre-Medicine program uses a continuous
intake model. This means that outstanding individuals
who submit their applications before the final
deadline will be offered seats in the program early.
It is to your advantage to apply well before the

final deadline! Although seats are initially filled
based on complete applications received by March
31, occasionally seats become available after that
date. An application received after March 31 will be
reviewed, and qualified applicants may be placed on
a wait list.

Applicants will be offered seats in the current intake
of the program according to their ranking. Written
offers will be made to the contact information
provided by the applicant on their application and
verified by admissions when the application package
is sent out to the applicant. A seat offer must be
accepted and payment of seat deposit must be made
by the offer-acceptance deadline or the offer will be
considered to be declined and the seat will be offered
to another student.

Any applicant who is not admitted or does not take a
seat in a given year must reapply if they want to be
considered in a subsequent year.

ADVANCE CREDIT

Applicants with previous related work experience
or documented formal learning may be eligible for
advance credit. For more information contact the

School Chair.

Rural Pre-Medicine

selkirk.ca/rural-pre-medicine

Program Courses

ADD 384 - ADDICTIONS
THEORY AND PRACTICE

Designed to provide students with an overview of
current and emerging research/expertise in the
field. The course will cover diverse definitions and
understandings of addiction, as informed by current
findings in the fields of neuroscience and social
science. Pharmacology basics and the biological,
psychological, social, spiritual and environmental
dimensions of addiction will be reviewed from

a number of perspectives. Current research on
attachment, trauma and brain development will

be examined in relation to addiction from both
developmental and environmental perspectives.

A critical examination of the link between policy
and practice provides context for the emergence

of recovery strategies such as harm reduction and
motivational techniques. Special attention will be
given to the role of colonization and stigma as it is
experienced through ethnicity, gender and culture,
and the important role of advocacy in this context.
Transfer Credit: This course is included in the

block transfer agreement between Royal Roads
University and Selkirk College which allows Selkirk
ADRPM students entry into the 4th year of the Royal
Roads BSc Degree. Course Change: Information
contained in this course outline is correct at the time
of publication. Content of the course is revised on
an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing
educational, employment and market needs. The
instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes
to students as soon as possible. The instructor
reserves the right to add or delete material from
courses.

Prerequisites: Third year standing in Advanced
Diploma in Rural Pre-Medicine (ADRPM) OR Third
year standing in Bachelor of Science in Nursing

(BSN) OR enrolment in Mental Health and Addictions
Associate certificate OR ADD 184 OR Permission of
the Instructor.

ADMN 300 - SMALL BUSINESS MGMT
FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

Provides students with a variety of basic skills

and knowledge that a self-employed health care
professional will need in order to be successful in
operating their business. Topics include management
principles, law, accounting, taxation, financial
planning, and human resource management. Transfer
Details: This course is included in the block transfer
agreement between Royal Roads University and
Selkirk College which allows Selkirk ADRPM students
entry into 4th year RR BSc Degree.

Prerequisites: Third year standing in Advanced
diploma in Rural Pre-Medicine (ADRPM).

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