Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 23, 2023 4:44:41 GMT 12
MĀORI SOUGHT FOR EXTRA MED SCHOOL PLACES
The acting dean of the Auckland University medical school says efforts to increase the proportion of Māori and Pasifika doctors will continue with an extra allocation of training places.
Professor Warwick Bagg says 30 of the new places will be in Auckland and 20 in Otago, compensating for an historic impalance towards Otago.
He says in recent years Waipapa Taumata Rau has aimed for 40 percent of places to be filled by Maori and Pacifika students, matching the demographic in the 19 to 25 age group....
waateanews.com/2023/06/22/maori-sought-for-extra-med-school-places/
The acting dean of the Auckland University medical school says efforts to increase the proportion of Māori and Pasifika doctors will continue with an extra allocation of training places.
Professor Warwick Bagg says 30 of the new places will be in Auckland and 20 in Otago, compensating for an historic impalance towards Otago.
He says in recent years Waipapa Taumata Rau has aimed for 40 percent of places to be filled by Maori and Pacifika students, matching the demographic in the 19 to 25 age group....
waateanews.com/2023/06/22/maori-sought-for-extra-med-school-places/